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I’m struggling with this author’s style- or the bad editing- I’m not sure which. Unnecessarily verbose descriptions which slow down the narrative, very odd grammar & syntax, as if this was a poor translation into English.
It’s also overly sentimental. I’ve read so many better authors of this genre. Unsure if I’ll be able to finish…

Finished Books I & II

I’ve finished Book I of the Trilogy

Finished Book I

I’m feeling a bit cheated with this book... I had expected a proper novel, not a collection of short stories very loosely linked by a travelling character. Particularly as I’m not a great fan of short stories... I prefer to get engrossed with a long book.
And while I’m having a grump, what is with all the French?! It’s a book about Greece so why not use the Greek for “postcard” since France in no way features?!

Not my kind of thing.

Reading the English translation: The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair It takes a looooong time to get going!!

It's hard to believe this is the abridged version!! It sorely needs a good editor to reduce the endless, mind-numbing details. It is a factual account of the minutia of daily life while lacking any emotional impact. Over 300 pages to go... Not sure if I care enough...

The way she describes his behaviour, from a young age, along with his undeniable genius, do make me wonder... It sounds rather Aspergery to me. It's not an easy read due to her wordy, over-intellectualised style of writing, but it's a memoir & I'm assuming it's her voice. Plodding on.

She is writing, in VERY great detail, about a kind of middle class, highly academic, terribly English way of life that is foreign to me & sounds awfully parochial & dull. This life framed both her & Stephen but, even within that, he sounds like a misfit. I'm already wondering why I've never heard it questioned if Stephen Hawking is on the Autistic Spectrum.

Notes to my Mother-in-Law is an absolute delight! I have laughed so much while reading ever!

Finding this a bit of a slog. It's meant to be a satire but I just find it a depressingly accurate portrait of everything I hate about London.