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Originally Posted by Asawi
I too liked the way it was written. They words really painted a picture. Unfortunately as soon as the people entered that picture and took over it I lost interest. Probably tells as much about me as about the book...
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Originally Posted by orlok
I agree. it is beautifully written, but so far (only 8% of the way in), it seems horribly trivial - reminds me of a victorian "manners" novel.
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Thanks. Very astute comments. If this book was about 100 pages shorter I might overcome the general late winter cranky doldrums just to finish the book club section. This like all things ebbs and flows. The individual harmonics and their superposition producing the overall peaks and troughs.