Review - The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield

On a rating scale of 1 - 10 with 1 being low and 10 high; I put this at an 8. I must say I wasn't bored reading it. The storyline had some very good twists and vivid characters. The story is about a reclusive, prolific writer who hires an equally reclusive book-worm to listen to her life story with the intent of producing an authorized biography. Something has haunted the dying writer and the story unfolds at her pace, a pace which had enough darkness and interesting twists to keep me reading. The dialogue between the biographer and the biographer at the beginning was stiltled, but as the aging woman settled into telling the story, the prose was easy-going and even poetic. I give this book a high rating because I didn't see the obvious answer to the unfolding mystery. For that, kudos to the author - it bumped my rating up from a 7 to an 8.