I read the reviews for this and thought "yes...yes...yes!" and put it immediately on my book order, waited impatiently for it to come, and was so disappointed when I simply could not get into it at all. Maybe I wasn't reading it carefully enough, but I couldn't connect with the characters, couldn't keep the different regions straight, and I was disappointed in the killings. Then again, I also couldn't really get into Jellicoe Road either (although I still bawled through the last forty pages or so). I know her fans are many, and I did like Saving Francesca, so I think this must be a failing on my end.
I also got The Lost Conspiracy in the same order, which I did enjoy and then pressed into the hands of a reader too polite to not take it, and A Brief History of Montmaray, which I enjoyed but which left me wanting more at the end.
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Date: 5/15/10 05:19 am (UTC)I also got The Lost Conspiracy in the same order, which I did enjoy and then pressed into the hands of a reader too polite to not take it, and A Brief History of Montmaray, which I enjoyed but which left me wanting more at the end.