I read this book with excitement. I enjoyed the prose. I, myself, enjoy speaking in Ye Olde English so reading it is always an indulgence for me. The three hundred pages went quickly, ingested in little more than three days. I liked the characters, the plot seemed intriguing....and yet.....
I look back and feel that i didn't like this book.
The characterizations were elaborate but perhaps too much so. I understand that people are complex creatures with a multitude of masks and personas but there are ways of indicating this with greater subtlety. I have always enjoyed a nice twist of Fiction intertwined with reality and this particular book provided just that. I only wish it had been headed somewhere. We know how things actually ended up but, please, change it. Let our beloved characters win and take the day in grand form. Then tell us about it in the Afterword. I promise, it's a far more exciting concept that remaining restricted because of actual events.
If I'm hard up I could read Healey again but I won't pursue her.
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