susieliston 's review for:

Transcription by Kate Atkinson

2.0

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Oooh, it pains me to give Kate a 2. Now part of this is probably my fault, when I heard she was writing a book about WW2 espionage I was expecting a nice long meaty saga, so my disappointment began at seeing how short this was. I wonder if I had read it without any prior expectations it would have made a difference, I don't know. It was of course, full of bright and sparkly writing, often very funny. But I just had trouble connecting with both the story and the characters, (although I did sort of like Juliet). I found some of the male characters to be so similar I got them mixed up. In fact I frequently went back and reread because I was confused and figured I'd missed something. Which happens when I am slightly bored and tending to skim a little. Which is terrible, its Kate, who I love. So I am going to put this on the shelf, leave it alone for awhile and attempt a reread at a later date.