esmoogle 's review for:

Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson

4.0

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I really enjoy Kate Atkinson’s style and overlapping plots, but having read a few of her novels now I do feel she hand waves away the last few chapters and never really gives them an ending which dropped this from a 5 star read for me. That said, I really loved this for the most part, despicable characters, evocative setting, stories threading together and pulling apart unexpectedly - my favourite kind of book.