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dustydigger
Posted 2019-02-09 5:57 AM (#20699 - in reply to #19521)
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Location: UK		Thanks for the info,Weesam. I just finished All Clear this morning,it was quite a slog,but I got there in the end. I find Willis far too longwinded and repetitious,but her research was good for the most part. One minor irritation was her giving American titles for the Agatha Christie novels characters were reading.It would be rather unlikely that they would have access to Christie novels published in the US at that time. I suppose it was headsup for her American readers,but it grated a bit. The total 1103 pages could have been easily edited down to around 600 pages IMO,and would have been all the better for it. Willis did skillfully deal with the complicated time travel plot,but all in all the book was a bit too bland,and the frequent changes to character names was a bit irritating as well. Three star read is all I would rate it,but as I don't like historical novels,nor war novels,nor very long books,Willis was at a disadvantage with me from the start!!! lol.

At least reading Willis is fairly easy (if dull0 and I read it quite quickly,but I am finding Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell very hard going. indeed. And still 450 pages to go.....sigh...... I have been picking this book up and putting it down for months!

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