A review by alexisrt
Human Croquet by Kate Atkinson

4.0

This is Kate Atkinson's second novel, and it shows a little. It has all the ingredients of her later novels, but the structure is a little shaky. The writing is still good, the concept works, the characters are interesting, but the construction of the novel--which flips back and forth in time--is not as strong, so that you can guess much of what happens in advance, and the reveals aren't all doled out as well as they should be.

It's still a delight to read, though.