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jozi_girl 's review for:
The Queen of Bloody Everything
by Joanna Nadin
2.5 stars
The book was just too long for the story it wanted to tell.
I need give credit to the audio narrator as she did an excellent job and the first 1/3 set the scene for a great story, but the characters never evolved. The same issues that plagued Dido as a child and teenager followed her in adulthood and that lent a level of frustration to the tale.
The story is told from Dido’s perspective and follows her turbulent upbringing with a bohemian mother in a ramshackle house during the 70’s and 80’s. Dido becomes fast friends with the neighbour’s kids, Harriette (Harry) and Tom and gets her first glance at how normal mothers behave when she meets their mother Angela.
The story follows her unbalanced relationship with not only her mother Edie but also Harry and Tom.
There is a lot of love for the book but the last ½ felt dragged out and left me feeling indifferent and a little relieved when it finally ended.
The book was just too long for the story it wanted to tell.
I need give credit to the audio narrator as she did an excellent job and the first 1/3 set the scene for a great story, but the characters never evolved. The same issues that plagued Dido as a child and teenager followed her in adulthood and that lent a level of frustration to the tale.
The story is told from Dido’s perspective and follows her turbulent upbringing with a bohemian mother in a ramshackle house during the 70’s and 80’s. Dido becomes fast friends with the neighbour’s kids, Harriette (Harry) and Tom and gets her first glance at how normal mothers behave when she meets their mother Angela.
The story follows her unbalanced relationship with not only her mother Edie but also Harry and Tom.
There is a lot of love for the book but the last ½ felt dragged out and left me feeling indifferent and a little relieved when it finally ended.