Salomé Veder’s Reviews > The Butcher's Daughter: The Hitherto Untold Story of Mrs. Lovett > Status Update

M.E.'s 'letters' are the WORST. The execution of this letter style is very disruptive and very hard to follow. Also, somehow very boring. Am getting zero good vibes from this book.

Sorry, but putting an entire narrative/scene with dialogue and a writer 'recounting' everything in letter form is just...senseless. No one is going to to write a letter like a chapter in a book.

This letter/diary/newspaper/whatever is very tricky, and so far this entire set up is a bit confusing, though it does feel intentional. However, I’m kind of bored and mostly confused.