I read The Thirteenth Tale so long ago now that I had to read the synopsis just to remind myself what happened (I don't like this synopsis by the way, but I don't think I can write a better one so I decided to lump with it, it's the same as amazon's, except that it doesn't mention the film). All I could really remember is that I didn't want to include it as a short review because I felt (still feel) it deserved more than that. 
 This book sat on my wishlist for a long time after I read lots of positive blog posts about it, then it sat for a long time on my to be read pile. It may have sat their for longer if I hadn't read Bellman and Black as a review request. ...read more