A review by demottar
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot

Did not finish book.

I read 100 pages of A Very Long Engagement before ultimately deciding this novel is not for me, or I’m not in the right mood for it. Stylistically, the writing is strong, though not my favorite — I have always struggled through epistolary novels — but there is something missing. It might be emotion or even just a sense of immediacy. Whatever it is, I did not connect with Matilde or any other characters in the first 100 pages and found my mind drifting whenever I began reading. I might come back to this novel again, because the writing is beautiful, but I’m shelving this for the time being.