Expertly written..
Anyone who loves a good classic from the Victorian era is bound to enjoy reading this modern book with a similar feel.
— US Review of Books -
Well researched and incredibly well written..
All Things That Deserve To Perish is the kind of intellectual delicacy that causes the reader to become torn between savoring or devouring its pages. Dana Mack is an artist…
— Reedsy Discovery -
[A] vivid and incisive historical novel set in Germany and Austria in the 1890s.
…Mack’s prose often soars, and her scenes and letters pulse with witty remarks and jolts of hard truth. Readers invested in the milieu or in historical domestic tragedy will find much to relish.
— Publishers Weekly Booklife -
…Mack’s elegant prose summons the era by evoking the literature of the time period…Lisi is a character worthy of Edith Wharton, compellingly driven and finely flawed.
…The supporting characters are also drawn in enticing detail, transcending the archetypal roles they fill… Mack succeeds in delivering the two primary expectations of this sort of novel: Readers will be thoroughly immersed in the time period and fully invested in the fate of its hero. …A rich tale set in the underexplored Wilhelmine Germany.
— Kirkus Reviews -
