Anubha answers “Almost two years later and I still cannot...”

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Almost two years later and I still cannot finish this book. I am more than half way through, but I just can't finish it. Why, oh why? It's been picked up and abandoned multiple times. I'm not sure if the reason is because the story moves too slowly for my taste or if the dialogue is putting me off. Should I continue? For those who have read this book, does the ending make up for the first half?

Anubha I am right there. I've been struggling off and on with this book for the past year. I finally picked it up again last week and this time I persisted a…moreI am right there. I've been struggling off and on with this book for the past year. I finally picked it up again last week and this time I persisted and I can say that it's worth it in some ways. Yes, the narrator keeps getting side-tracked, yes the prose moves at a snail's pace sometimes and you are annoyed when the story of the novel within the novel is interrupted abruptly by the endless ramblings of the old Iris, but it's also full of interesting layers that are satisfying to peel. The second half does pick up pace.(less)

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