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wildflowerz76 's review for:
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
I really, REALLY wanted to like this book. It started off well. The story, overall even, is very interesting. Some parts of it irritated me, but in a good way that made me want to keep reading. But the story took FOREVER to develop. The character's inner musings were immensely dull and repetitive. From the first scene between Madame Merle, Pansy and Osmond, you knew that Pansy was really Merle's daughter. I couldn't see why Osmond charmed Isabel. He seemed very dull and boring to me. So, I gave this one a C+. The story itself is probably an A-, but the unnecessary meandering brought it down. A LOT.