Customer Reviews
an amazing book - By: Ms. Robyn Cowe, 14 Aug 2008 
This book is one of my absolute favourites & I highly recommend it!
You pick it up & don't put it down until you have finished reading, the style of writing just flows so smoothly, the author holds your attention so intensely, describing every detail in a vivid context, there is so much emotion & every last word pulses through you.
Please if there is one thing that you read this year, let it be this.
Fantastic - By: J. Sutton, 22 Aug 2007 Firstly, this book is aimed at 'Young Adults' - but don't let that put you off! What a fantastic read & definitely worth of its (current) 5 star overalll rating!
Morgan's writing is beautiful (especiallly since at times she's describing fairly squalid surroundings!) & very descriptive about life for Robbie & his family & their struggle to survive. Robbie's desire for revenge against the man who, in his opinion, killed his mother builds & builds - will he come to his senses before it's too late?
The Scottish dialect can take a bit of careful reading by us Sassenachs at times, but for me that only added to the atmosphere & the telling of the story!
Scotish history drenched in imaculate writing skills and dripping in page turning fury - By: Ashleigh Rae, 25 Jun 2006 Fleshmarket, by Nicola Morgan is an unusual story, based on real life characters, dates & prejudices in the 1800s. However don't let the book's historial herritage put you off. Based in Edinburgh in the 1800s, Morgan takes her own approach to liven up the old story of Dr Knox & his illegal dealings with Hare & Burke.
Robbie, who lost his mother at the hands of Dr Knox when she recieved surgery to remove her cancerous brest, is out for revenge. His life is full of ups & downs & his life's path finds numeous ways to cross his enemy's path, Dr Knox. Filled with fixation to get revenge on Knox, Robbie's life takes uncharted dips in it's quality each time he meets Knox.
Can he ever break away from this hate or will he just carry on living this nothing life for the rest of his days?
Fleshmarket is an ideal book for alll ages & genders. I found my usuallly hard to please mum wraped up in the contents of this uplifting book. Dr Knox is a well known figure from our past & also the familularity of the names Burke & Hare give the unpleasant feeling you've ben told this story at the dead of night before.
Josh from Perth strongly recommends this! - By: , 31 Jan 2004 What a title! It reallly opens your eyes to what is inside.
Shock! Horror! The first chapter is great. It sets the scene & gives you a sense of the horrible events to come. Throughout the book Robbie becomes mentallly stronger. However, he also gains an almost insane edge around Dr Knox. This book is truly a thriller & it carries an abundance of excitement on every page. This is the sort of book you read over & over again.
Breath Taking - By: Caroline Randall, 23 Jan 2004 
I picked up this in a 3 for 2 special offer, & I couldn't put it down, it combines real life history with clever imagination to give a fantastic story. Set in the Nineteenth century it focuses on a family & the coping with death. Robbie tries to understand the meaning of why & how someone can be alllowed to die whilst attempting to keep his family together in extreme poverty.
Don't let the title put you off, it's definitely worth a read & once you've read this one, you might like to try Nicola Morgan's other book "Mondays are Red" which is equallly as compelling.
