Nov 14, 2017

See What I have Done By: Sarah Schmidt



See What I have Done ****
Sarah Schmidt

Great fictional book about a very famous non-fiction murder. Can anyone ever get enough of Lizzie Borden stories. I think a good writer could manage to put Lizzie Borden in every genre and quite possibly come up with a hit novel. Hmmm, waiting on Lizzie in a Sci-Fi, or Zombie novel... LOL

The story is told from alternating points of view, from the famous sisters Lizzie and Emma Borden, the maid, Bridgette and from 2 other characters. The characters, locations, the sights, sounds, smells... are vividly described and brought to life in this book. For a while I thought, wow, this entire family is nothing but nut-jobs! Who actually knows? Maybe they were!

The book takes the reader back to 1892 and explores some very unusual possibilities. The book also brings to [fictional] life some very weird family dynamics.

There were several phrases written in the book that I never could really figure out what they meant. I wondered if these were common phrases spoken in the late 1800's. It made it a little hard to follow at times.

And … was it just me? Did anyone else find it creepy weird how Lizzie was ALWAYS putting other people's fingers and HAIR in her mouth and as she described... “tasting them” < “tasting mother” .

This book will keep you guessing all the way through.


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