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What is the total number of people who had the urge, after about the 70% mark, to slap Miss Armstrong briskly with a large trout?

Sarah D. Found it boring and annoying. I didn't find the dialogue, word play, or musings particularly clever or interesting, and the constant little asides int…moreFound it boring and annoying. I didn't find the dialogue, word play, or musings particularly clever or interesting, and the constant little asides interfered with the plot, such as it was. I actually didn't mind Juliet being cold-hearted -- she's a character in a novel! -- but she was weirdly knowledgeable sometimes for an 18 year old, i.e., her views on the war. It was odd the way Atkinson felt she had to mention how bad anti-Semitism is just about every time she mentioned it, rather than assume that her readers were with her. I also thought some of Juliet's decisions were not believable: blowing her own cover at least twice when she didn't have to. Why? And the end section was too bizarre and disjointed to be interesting.

I loved "A God in Ruins," so was looking forward to another beautifully written, tightly plotted, insightful novel, and got this dog's breakfast (apologies to dogs) instead. I won't give up on Atkinson yet, but my faith in her has dropped precipitously.(less)

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