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After reading the first two pages of comments:
I'm surprised that some found the book difficult to get through; it held my interest and I hated to have to keep putting it down. In the beginning I didn't quite know where it was going, but I enjoyed the journey. Even though generally I'm impatient to get to the details of a crime, I was engaged by Grace's early story and her misfortunes.
I enjoyed her caustic observations, though I did wonder if an uneducated servant girl would have the ability to express herself so easily.
Dr. Jordan was a fool, but I didn't dislike the character or the sections devoted to him; it was amusing that an educated, urbane, self-confident doctor could be so easily manipulated by both Grace and his landlady. I also liked the parallels between him and Grace.
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