Clara Bell’s Reviews > The Tea Rose > Status Update
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Wow, this is a doorstop, not a book. Let's see how it fares against my ferretlike attention span...
— Mar 12, 2013 02:56PM
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Clara Bell
is 65% done
Yeah, I just can't right now. The fawning adulation of Fiona by the whole darn city, the unnecessary name-dropping, the general implausibility, and the caricatured class villains are just too much. This feels more like amateurish YA than an adult novel. Maybe I'll finish it later, maybe I won't.
— Mar 17, 2013 09:12PM
Clara Bell
is 50% done
Okay, Fiona's utter perfection is wearing very thin. I'm also getting frustrated with the ham-handed insinuations that are never actually followed up with explanation. Everything is glossed over. Why is anything being glossed over in a book this size? Do some much-needed editing, and there would be time to actually tell the story, not just hint at it. I may not be able to finish this one.
— Mar 16, 2013 09:37PM
