serenereader9 's review for:

Bellman & Black by Diane Setterfield

1.5

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This was just so boring and I couldn’t care less what happened in this book. The first 20 pages were promising and opened up interesting questions about how killing a rook would affect the rest of Williams life. But in general there were just too many unanswered questions. Who was black, how did William  die, was it blacks fault, what was the supposed deal that was made and rejected, was the bellman and black business failing because of the dead rook? More questions than answers and not at all satisfying.