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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not my favourite Kate Atkinson story but still full of the qualities that make her books so good. She sees the absurdities of how people think and behave. The element of historical fact works really well
Absorbing story of MI5 agents during the early stages of World War Two and 10 years later in 1950, told through the eyes of Juliet who is employed to transcribe spied-on meetings by fifth columnists. Evoking the period well, it reflects the humdrum day-to-day experiences, cock-ups and other incidents of being a wartime spy and the legacy of paranoia and intrigue that lasted for decades to come.
My first Kate Atkinson. Easy to read secret service novel set in London in 1941 and 1950. Read Michael Oondatje Warlight straight before and felt it had more heft.
Entertaining enough as a novel, with some nice echoes of the era.
Entertaining enough as a novel, with some nice echoes of the era.
Nope. I feel like I have been bludgeoned by all kinds of the nonsense. The ending is like a soap opera where you find out that the star is married to the brother she never knew existed.
Really a 3.5 stars for me. An enjoyable and fast read but that won’t ultimately stick with me, and some somewhat unearned and yet enjoyable twists. A great vacation read.
Hmm. ..good in places.
How do you follow Life After Life?
God in Ruins.
Ok, so how do you follow God In Ruins?
You don't obviously.
Felt like we'd met this arch Shakespeare loving protagonist before, and that Atkinson wasn't really that into this. She should have written a Jackson Brodie pallet cleanser instead.
She has? Hurrah!
How do you follow Life After Life?
God in Ruins.
Ok, so how do you follow God In Ruins?
You don't obviously.
Felt like we'd met this arch Shakespeare loving protagonist before, and that Atkinson wasn't really that into this. She should have written a Jackson Brodie pallet cleanser instead.
She has? Hurrah!
Really enjoyable. Lots of twists and turns that weren’t predictable. Great characters
Surprised that this didn’t bring me. I like other things by Atkinson but this just never grabbed me.
It started out well, but the ending was very anticlimactic. It was fine.
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
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