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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This world, these characters, and this story were all wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time with them.
This would have been a full 5 stars, but the ending felt more like an add on and very disjointed to the rest of the book.
This would have been a full 5 stars, but the ending felt more like an add on and very disjointed to the rest of the book.
Daniel kincaid, below, has written the review I would have written if I had the wit or the time. In addition, I could add that, as someone who has known and loved London since the 60s, I loved all the specific references to specific places around London.
Didn't finish. I was just too bored to continue. I know Atkinson can write an engaging story with good characters. Not this one
- I love this era, and this author, so I knew I would enjoy this, and I certainly did.
- It's a tapestry of perspectives that slightly overlap in time as the story moves forward, giving rise to small mysteries and larger ones, small surprises and larger ones. That's a style I would usually find irritating in a lesser author, but Kate Atkinson has a masterful touch.
- The somewhat abrupt ending, with short shrift given to some characters, took me somewhat aback, but given this is partly about the opportunities and dangers for women in this time period, it was apt (and I did love the main female characters).
- It's a tapestry of perspectives that slightly overlap in time as the story moves forward, giving rise to small mysteries and larger ones, small surprises and larger ones. That's a style I would usually find irritating in a lesser author, but Kate Atkinson has a masterful touch.
- The somewhat abrupt ending, with short shrift given to some characters, took me somewhat aback, but given this is partly about the opportunities and dangers for women in this time period, it was apt (and I did love the main female characters).
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Normally, I find Kate Atkinson’s historical novels compelling but this one took me a long time to get into. The story of Nellie Coker and her clubs and her family was interesting and clearly historically accurate but I didn’t find her or Gwendolyn or Frobisher or Freda interesting enough to make me eager to return to the story.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes