J.l. Mcgrath answers “I'm 60 pages into Fates and Furies and not...”

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I'm 60 pages into Fates and Furies and not sure if I want to continue. The voice is very unappealing. (I loved Arcadia.) Should I stick with it???

J.l. Mcgrath Read the book --

IF you can stand a narrator so affected she says she broke her "hallux" when she broke her big toe.

IF you can stand a writer whose st…moreRead the book --

IF you can stand a narrator so affected she says she broke her "hallux" when she broke her big toe.

IF you can stand a writer whose style is so affected it reads like she's just cutting-and-pasting notes into the text.

I don't regret reading it, she has some talent, but it didn't impress me that much. All the hype had me expecting more so I wish I'd just run across the book and never heard about it.
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