Life is too short to read books that you are not enjoying.
This statement applies to this book, and I have to admit
that I only got half way through before giving up. I just could not bring
myself to read anymore of it. I am the sort of person who always tries to
finish books, and hate the thought of leaving one half read. However on this
occasion I was bored and confused, and could read no more of it.
The main problem I found was the amount of characters that
flit in and out of the story at various intervals. The characters first names
are used once, then they are referred to as Mr so and so, and Miss so and so.
This made me blur them into one, creating confusion as to who was who, and who
was related to who.
The prose is quite long and winding. I have nothing against
that usually, indeed some of my favourite novels are written in this way. But I
found the writing in this book long winded. I found my attention
drifting off while reading it.
Now for my confession....I never knew George Elliot was a
woman! I had heard of the author, and had said I needed to read one of the
books, but always assumed it was a man. It was only while googling the name for
this review that I realised the author was a woman!
So there you go, I may not have finished the book, but I
learnt something I never knew about the author!
Rating: 2/10 (based on only reading the first half)
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