05.14.07
Meet Samantha: Thoughts
Samantha could be an interesting character, but somehow she falls a little short. The Victorian world she lives in is not as well painted as I might like, but the book is very short and, if I remember right, that improves over the course of the series. I do find it interesting that the Victorian prudishness about not telling girls anything, or really discussing things at all, is at play here. Unfortunately, I think it gets rather unrealistically resolved later. We’ll see f I’m remembering that correctly. I always disliked Samantha’s books for some reason, and this one isn’t doing a whole lot so far to change that impression.