Kim Izzo
Author of The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum
About the Author
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Works by Kim Izzo
A Sweet Christmas Romance 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Izzo, Kim
- Birthdate
- 1967
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Education
- York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Occupations
- journalist
screenwriter
magazine writer
editor - Organizations
- Globe and Mail
FLARE magazine
STYLE magazine
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Reviews
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Associated Authors
Statistics
- Works
- 7
- Members
- 627
- Popularity
- #40,191
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 21
- ISBNs
- 41
- Languages
- 4
Seven Days in May by Kim Izzo appealed to me as I'm interested in reading about WW1 and the suffragette movement. I was looking forward to seeing how the author would combine the storyline on the ship and that of the codebreaker Isabel in London. I'm sad to say that the book didn't really manage to satisfy me. I wanted intensity, but what I got was a bombast story with shallow characters and extremely predictable storyline.
The storyline with Isabel was marginally better than the one with the sisters on the ship. Still, the fallen women storyline has been done so many times before and better. Although I did enjoy the part when Mildred, Isabel's nemesis got what she deserved. I always like it when a despicable person gets what she/he deserves. What really troubled me was that Isabel getting an important job and the first thing she does is reading a letter from Churchill, because the envelope wasn't sealed ... seriously? And, when I think about it, shouldn't they have done a better background check on her, now that she has such an important job?
Then we have Sydney and Brooke Sinclair. Sydney is a suffragette fighting for women's rights, at least she is supposed to be it, but it never rings true and mostly she is portrayed as a poor rich girl that pretends to be a suffragette, but I lost all respect for her when she in spite decided to change from first class to third on the ship because she was arguing with her sister. Like a child with a tantrum. Brooke isn't much better, she is rich, but she wants a title and the best way is to find a poor aristocrat and marry him.
Then we have the romance story, oh this one was so easy to see that it's almost laughable. I won't give it away, but you can see right from the start how it all will end.
So, this was not a story to my liking, I persevered until the end, but It's not a book I can recommend.
I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review!… (more)