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A review by bookphile
The Solitary House by Lynn Shepherd
Did not finish book.
DNF at 50% .
I can't, I'm just so bored with it. The style of writing, present tense third person is so distracting that I literally can't focus on it. Whomever thought that was a good idea? I think the only reason I made it this far was because there was a different POV which was in past tense.
Also, I know this was supposed to emulate Dickens, but even though Dicken's was wordy, all of his scenes and plots were relevant to the story. Like half the shit happening in this story didn't appear relevant to the plot itself and was more of an exploration of character or setting.
I don't want to bother finishing it and I won't.
I can't, I'm just so bored with it. The style of writing, present tense third person is so distracting that I literally can't focus on it. Whomever thought that was a good idea? I think the only reason I made it this far was because there was a different POV which was in past tense.
Also, I know this was supposed to emulate Dickens, but even though Dicken's was wordy, all of his scenes and plots were relevant to the story. Like half the shit happening in this story didn't appear relevant to the plot itself and was more of an exploration of character or setting.
I don't want to bother finishing it and I won't.