The Dollmaker by Morgan Shamy


The Dollmaker

by Morgan Shamy narrated by Kate Rudd


Set in the 1920s, there were a few anachronisms that did take me out of the time period.  However, for the most part, I was right there in the time with the characters.

The story revolves around Dawn, a single woman who wants to be a doctor.  This is something of an anomaly for that era.  Women were housewives, teachers, nannies or maids.  They did not attempt to achieve anything more than that.  

Dawn's parents are wanting to marry her off to a grotesque elderly man because he is rich and Dawn's father has lost all of the family's money.  Of course, this is something that Dawn is not wanting.  In the meantime, women are going missing and parts of them are being found sew together sort of like a deranged Dr. Frankenstein's version of a porcelain doll.  It isn't until one of Dawn's friends is taken that she starts her search for the murderer.    

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.  I know that some people are upset because women are being treated as objects to be owned, but unfortunately that is how it was back in the 1920s.  So, when you are reading a period piece, you sometimes have to remember that times weren't always the way that we would want them to be.  Besides, the forced marriages and not being able to work in the chosen fields adds to the story line and doesn't detract from it.  Which is why I can see the importance of keeping those types of societal issues in the book.

I have already added the author's other books to by TBR.  I can't wait to delve into them.  Unfortunately, I do have other books in the queue before them.

This was also the first time I had listened to a book by this narrator.  I liked the work that she did on the characterizations.  There were a few character voices that were similar in nature, but that was probably because they were related.  I look forward to listening to other narrations done by her.

Thank you to NetGalley and CamCat Publishing for providing me with a free copy of the audiobook in exchange for an open and honest review.

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