This was a tough read. Not that it was all bad, but it felt like someone copying Dickens and getting it all slightly wrong. The working-class side-kick was annoying, the plot meandered, the coincidences overly contrived (feel for the family that lost a child every time they appeared) and the character plot-twist at the end stretched credulity. Some good stuff too of course but it's never a good sign to be relived when you've finished.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 87 Winter 2018 ) |
