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product_id: 498187288
title: "Through a Darkening Glass: A Novel"
brand: "r. s. maxwell"
price: "4567 som"
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reviews_count: 11
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# Through a Darkening Glass: A Novel

**Brand:** r. s. maxwell
**Price:** 4567 som
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

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- **What is this?** Through a Darkening Glass: A Novel by r. s. maxwell
- **How much does it cost?** 4567 som with free shipping
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Through a Darkening Glass: A Novel

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Captivating!
  

*by S***G on Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024*

I love historical fiction, and this one did not disappoint. It is charming, mysterious, vivid, humorous, relatable, and as I said, captivating. I could not put it down. Although I always hate it when a good story has to end, this one did leave me satisfied as to what the potential future of its characters might have been. Great story.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    lovely story, ok writing
  

*by T***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2024*

This is one of those rare instances where I really enjoyed the story and the characters, but I found the writing rather simple. It wasn’t enough to stop my reading because I enjoyed everything else so much.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 3.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    good start and middle. Terrible ending
  

*by M***H on Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2023*

‘Through a Darkening Glass’ is the story of Ruth Gladstone, a refugee fleeing the London Blitz at the start of WW2. She goes to a remote village in northern England with her Gran to stay with her elderly Aunt Vera, Gran’s sister. It is here that she meets Malcolm, an injured war veteran and his wife, Elise, a wounded civilian with severe head trauma. Elise is like a walking (not talking) person that cannot function except for the most rudimentary tasks. Ruth also discovers a wraith around the town, a ghostly apparition clothed in white that seems to skim along the countryside at night. This specter is well known and feared by the citizenry.The book is very good for about 250 pages. There are mysteries to quest all around this little town. The characters are interesting and real. The storyline is engaging as the reader sees a love interest growing between Ruth and Malcolm as well as the wraith’s uncanny ability to escape capture. The pages fly by in anticipation of what will happen.Spoilers AheadBut a wall is suddenly reached as the reader is confronted by an abundance of modern day politically correct notions thrust into the tale. The geriatric aunts are not what they seem to be, on many levels. They have a secret but everyone that discovers their secret life is very supportive. The boy, Johnny’s, missing brother is really his sister and has been secretly supported for many years by the town barroom singer that doesn’t want the child maligned by ‘small minded men’. So, she keeps the child hidden in a secret room in an abandoned mill. The ending is revealed by people talking in a bar over a couple of pints. Classic tell, don’t show. Ok, everyone spills their guts. Why at this particular time, I have no idea. In the end Ruth and Malcolm settle into a weird life together with Elise, probably sitting in a corner, watching them.Actually, the final pages are a mess of revelations that become so contrived that they jumble into each other, creating confusion and frustration.

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*Last updated: 2026-01-23*