eileen_daly_boas 's review for:

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

2.0

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I didn’t like this book at first, then I liked the middle, and didn’t like the ending. All the characters were opaque in their own way, which I’m sure was the author’s intent, but that kept it from being something I really liked. The post-WWI London descriptions were lovely and I liked how she captured the trauma from the war, and how its effects were wide-ranging. But overall, it wasn’t my favorite.