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There were aspects of this book that really bucked expectations, and I enjoyed that. However, the characters were mostly unlikable. In particular, I found the female characters one-dimensional and almost caricatures of what were considered "feminine qualities" at the time this book was written. In a book where I thought the premise and main ideas aged well, the attitude towards women and underdeveloped female characters stick out like sore thumbs.
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The plot was fine, but the writing was so.. slow. I had read another one of Nevil Shute's books, and he is a bit of a "extremely slow burn" type writer.
I get he was trying to set out the slow pace of life, but it was just too slow. He overemphasized some plot points and under-delivered on others.
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I get he was trying to set out the slow pace of life, but it was just too slow. He overemphasized some plot points and under-delivered on others.
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