I reached chapter 4 and just gave up on it. it's too boring. the first few pages made think I was reading something interesting. but the stories keep I reached chapter 4 and just gave up on it. it's too boring. the first few pages made think I was reading something interesting. but the stories keep dragging for no reason. characters are not well described. there is no feel of imagining them....more
Rating: 2.0/5.0 I chose this book because I love historical stories and secondly because it got many awards and many rave reviews. The book basically c Rating: 2.0/5.0 I chose this book because I love historical stories and secondly because it got many awards and many rave reviews. The book basically consists of two stories that are told on separate chapters. It is neatly structured. I started very much to enjoy the theme and the settings of the story until 20% of it.
After that book just dragged and dragged endlessly. Many chapters can be skipped without any significance. I read more than the half. About 60% of it and decided this is not for me. It is very very boring, so boring that makes me go to sleep. I hate it when the writer unnecessarily increase the length of the story.
This book started very well but towards 20% of its length it started to fail until made me at about 60% to totally give up on it ...more