Victoria's review
Not Yet Drown'd: A Novel
by Peg Kingman
I agree completely. I tried and tried, but just couldn't like this. The author obviously did a lot of research that she just wasn't willing to let go of and the story suffered for it.
Victoria's review
Not Yet Drown'd: A Novel by Peg Kingman
Victoria's review
rating:
bookshelves:
gave-up-on
recommended for: No one
I tried so hard to like this book but it was just too much of everything....too boring, too slow, too much detail, too many unlikable characters. I believe the concept was good and the book could have been so much better if the plot had not gotten so bogged down in an overabundance of detail. The author just wasn't taking the time to develop the characters fully, which would have made me care more about them. Instead she was taking too much time teaching every minute detail of tea, steamships, bagpipes, etc.
I wanted to keep reading, hoping that the pace would pick up a bit and that we would get to the meat of the story. I finally decided I had wasted enough time trying to become interested in the book. It just wasn't happening. There are so many other books waiting and I think my time will be better spent exploring them.
I wanted to keep reading, hoping that the pace would pick up a bit and that we would get to the meat of the story. I finally decided I had wasted enough time trying to become interested in the book. It just wasn't happening. There are so many other books waiting and I think my time will be better spent exploring them.
I agree completely. I tried and tried, but just couldn't like this. The author obviously did a lot of research that she just wasn't willing to let go of and the story suffered for it.