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emilyeehaw 's review for:
The Women in the Castle
by Jessica Shattuck
DID NOT FINISH: 72%
| after sleeping on it, i’ve decided to dnf this book @ page 256. i was just not enjoying this book and it did not live up to my expectations. i love historical fiction, but this was just not a well-executed book in my opinion.
the characters that we were supposed to care about felt cold and flat. the time skips made the story feel choppy and incomplete, it felt like i missed out on so much of the character development because of how the chapters skipped from year to year. this could have been a great book if the author had really focused on the women’s time in the castle, their backstories, and their connections to one another. with the way the book was going, i really don’t think the last half would redeem anything, so i’m stopping while i’m ahead.
the characters that we were supposed to care about felt cold and flat. the time skips made the story feel choppy and incomplete, it felt like i missed out on so much of the character development because of how the chapters skipped from year to year. this could have been a great book if the author had really focused on the women’s time in the castle, their backstories, and their connections to one another. with the way the book was going, i really don’t think the last half would redeem anything, so i’m stopping while i’m ahead.