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Read only the first two chapters of this for "Potluck and Prose" book club meeting of October 2017.
I was very busy before the meeting (Halloween party!) and never got any further. What I read didn't impress me much, so I was rather glad I never spent much more time on it after the book club members confirmed what I felt about this novel: meh! ...more
I was very busy before the meeting (Halloween party!) and never got any further. What I read didn't impress me much, so I was rather glad I never spent much more time on it after the book club members confirmed what I felt about this novel: meh! ...more
3 1/2 stars.
yay! I finally finished this book! I started it on Oct 30th, and finished it on Nov 21st. 3-1/2 weeks is an extraordinarily long length of time for me, usually I finish a book in one week. But I just kept falling asleep while reading! The last 100 pages were gripping, but the first 400 pages were a really long, slow meander to get to where it was going.
I can see now what Ms Morton was doing, slowing winding the stories together, leading us down one path, then another path, and then ...more
yay! I finally finished this book! I started it on Oct 30th, and finished it on Nov 21st. 3-1/2 weeks is an extraordinarily long length of time for me, usually I finish a book in one week. But I just kept falling asleep while reading! The last 100 pages were gripping, but the first 400 pages were a really long, slow meander to get to where it was going.
I can see now what Ms Morton was doing, slowing winding the stories together, leading us down one path, then another path, and then ...more
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