A review by aprilcote
The Paris Hours by Alex George

3.0

The writing is beautiful and meandering. It’s poetic and lyrical, so much so that the beauty of the story is often lost in the prose. This is a highly character driven novel with very little to hang a hat on unless you care about the outcome of the four main character’s individual plights. I was well past a third of the way into the book until anything of substance happened. The language was so indirect that I confused a couple of the characters until writing this review.

At that point, I was so over it that I have to admit, I didn’t care, I just wanted it to be over.

Once I finally got a really firm hold on who was who and why I cared, the book was finished. It was just done, just like that. The End. I felt it was a shame really to have built up that much character and backstory to have the tale hang as it did without much, if any, conclusion. There are some writers (Liz Moore) who can end a story without putting a bow on top and you still feel satisfied. To me, the melancholy subtext of each character’s story and the lack of wrapping things up made me feel empty.

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