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mikaelareads 's review for:
The Lost Vintage
by Ann Mah
2.75 rounded up to 3.
The quote on the front cover claiming this is for fans of The Nightingale set the expectations too high. The characters needed to be more fleshed out for me to care about them, and much of the man-to-man conflict really didn't make any sense. I also think that Mah went overboard with sprinkling in French phrases in to her characters' dialogue. I have a decent grasp of French, but even still it really didn't serve much purpose other than to remind the reader that "HEY! This book takes place in France!!!! Where they speak French!!!"
While I didn't love the book, I'm glad to have continued to work through my physical TBR shelf.
The quote on the front cover claiming this is for fans of The Nightingale set the expectations too high. The characters needed to be more fleshed out for me to care about them, and much of the man-to-man conflict really didn't make any sense. I also think that Mah went overboard with sprinkling in French phrases in to her characters' dialogue. I have a decent grasp of French, but even still it really didn't serve much purpose other than to remind the reader that "HEY! This book takes place in France!!!! Where they speak French!!!"
While I didn't love the book, I'm glad to have continued to work through my physical TBR shelf.