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A review by misajane79
The Children's Book by A.S. Byatt
3.0
If you had asked my my rating at the halfway mark, it would have been a solid 4 stars. But somewhere around the middle, Byatt just lost all control.
Yes, it's supposed to be a sprawling narrative, sweeping epic. But at a certain point, it became a little ridiculous. She would drop threads and never pick them up. "Something happened in 1907 that changed everything." Never quite figured out what that was, or maybe I just stopped caring.
But I did love the setting--arts, the threads of children's literature, the politics. It just needed to be a bit less. . .
Possession is one of my all-time favorite novels. This doesn't even come close.
Yes, it's supposed to be a sprawling narrative, sweeping epic. But at a certain point, it became a little ridiculous. She would drop threads and never pick them up. "Something happened in 1907 that changed everything." Never quite figured out what that was, or maybe I just stopped caring.
But I did love the setting--arts, the threads of children's literature, the politics. It just needed to be a bit less. . .
Possession is one of my all-time favorite novels. This doesn't even come close.