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Mi-a plăcut stilul dlui Zincă. Nu a fost chiar atât de întortocheat cazul - deși primise de numărate ori titulatura de "ambiguu" de-a lungul anchetei, însă personajele - chiar și cele episodice!, umorul și graduala descoperire m-au ținut în priză.
Nu în ultimul rând, am savurat ambianța anilor 70 a Bucureștiului.

The writing is not awful, not consistently gripping either, but some of the ideas are very problematic. I'm not saying that an author cannot create antagonists without sharing their beliefs themselves, but it feels almost personal - the sexist views, the anti-abortion judgement, the flawless husband. It really bothers me a lot that this gets so many fans.

While I usually delight in complicated sentences and will sometimes even like pompous speech, this is absurd. It's unreadable almost entirely because of the style, but then it's also quite boring to be frank. At least for me. Overly melodramatic - okay, the times, but still.

I'm not sure this is the book for me, it's quite academic - which I usually admire, but also obscure at times. Some nicer, more accessible ones at the beginning. 😁😏

I've tried: it is just not what I am looking for in a book now.

Not entirely uninteresting, but I just could not care for the characters. The storytelling is actually quite flat.

I really like Winterson and usually enjoy her style of writing. But not so much this one. Might be my frame of mind completely, but it does just not speak to me.