A review by bibble_jidd
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

1.75

Uninteresting romance, identical characters, irritating grammar. Self impressed and congratulatory at the most obvious and insipid plot developments. This feels like a first draft, with characters stating every thought they have and why it is significant and the book insisting on immediately explaining in parenthesis anything that could possibly be interesting.  Poor sentence structure throughout: this book would have benefited from a very good editor to elevate the writing standard above the in-universe terrible writing of The Age of Glitter that it mocks, as I perhaps would have preffered reading that. Actively iritating to read and lacking any worthwhile payoff.