A review by wildflowerz76
Buried in a Bog by Sheila Connolly

2.0

Maura's grandmother has just died. Her mother abandoned her after her father died and her grandmother is the only family she really had. So, when it's her grandmother's dying wish that Maura takes a trip to a small town in Ireland, Maura goes. She's not quite sure why she's there, but she's game.

Maura is quite possibly the most boring protagonist I've read in a while. The family thing, you can't help. But she also has no friends or even friendly coworkers at home in Boston. She doesn't appear to have any personality at all. She doesn't like anything. She doesn't read or bake. She doesn't collect figures of unicorns or write an underground feminist zine. There's not even talk of a tv show, movie, or music group she likes. She has zero personality, other than being super negative. Other than that, the story was good and the side characters were interesting. But too much of the story got bogged down in describing Irish law or history. And don't even get me started on trying to explain the familial relationships here. I couldn't follow.

We got this one and a few of it's sequels in at the store the other day, so I thought I'd give it a go. But I don't think I'll continue.