A review by jocelyng
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

2.75

By the end, I quite enjoyed this book and I did like many of the characters and the way it was written. However, for the first 50% (maybe more) of the book I found it a complete punish. There were so many characters and it was impossible to tell who was relevant and who was described in minute detail, only to be never heard of again. Each time I’d start to get interested in a story line it would flit off to a different new story that felt like it had no connection. It took a long time for it to all come together and that made it difficult for me to get into. 
However, by the end it did come together, and I enjoyed that, before it wrapped up very quickly.