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The Ashes of London (Marwood and Lovett, #1)
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The writing was bland, I got no real sense of 1666, the characterization was flat, and we had two protagonists, who had no real connection to each other. I wasn't particularly interested in either of them. For a supposed mystery, getting over 10% through without even a hint of a dead body, or some other crime to investigate, was a very leisurely pace. And then (view spoiler) and I was out.
Very disappointing.
The writing was bland, I got no real sense of 1666, the characterization was flat, and we had two protagonists, who had no real connection to each other. I wasn't particularly interested in either of them. For a supposed mystery, getting over 10% through without even a hint of a dead body, or some other crime to investigate, was a very leisurely pace. And then (view spoiler) and I was out.
Very disappointing.
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Apr 14, 2017 10:51PM
It was awful - can't think why I gave it a princely 2 stars! I was most of all horribly disappointed in my hopes for the excellent subject matter
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Yes, I was very disappointed - I was looking forward to this one. The blurb sold me on "mystery-thriller during the Great Fire of London" and I got nothing of the sort.
The best thing I've read on the Norman conquest was a book called "The Norman Conquest" by Marc Morris. He's a link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Why does a book about the Great Fire of 1666 remind you of a book about the Norman Conquest?
such a shame you stopped reading, i found the book went crazy amazing about halfway through x
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Mopple. It was just not a good fit for me. And at nearly 20% read I feel I gave it a fair chance.
Yes it was very slow going at first I agree. I nearly gave up then too!
I'm glad someone feels the same, I couldn't even finish this book as I found it so depressingly boring,the story was flat and so were the characters.Great review by the way.
Read to 40% and then binned the book. Should have done much earlier. Cant believe all these rave reviews in serious newspapers, money must have changed hands...
Oh no... I am going to be reading this one, but if there's a rape that introduces our female lead, I don't think I want to pick this one up at all.
