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I never thought I'd struggle to get through an Ann Cleeves mystery, but, wow, this book is slow and boring. I'm also beginning to dislike Venn, even though there's not much in the way of character development.

"It was only later that he recognised the folly he had fallen into, a human trait he had long observed: that merely because one wishes to believe in a thing, it does not follow that it is true."

Love this:

"I had expected that a tutor was a sort of vessel which would tip and empty its contents into my brain and I would be full of education. Instead, my tutor opened for me daily the Book of Life and bid me peruse where I would in pursuit, not so much of answers -- for answers are abundant as drones in a hive -- but Questions. A good Question is the queen bee."

This book may end up being a DNF, but I'll keep slugging through for now. There is way too much detail being described that is superfluous to the story. It detracts from the storyline far too much.