Dave Cullen > Status Update

what made Portrait of a Lady come alive for 150 pages was (mostly) fascinating characters. now on her European tour, there are all these wealthy expats who do nothing and exude nothing. (and not much development on the existing characters.)

but as I write this, maybe that's just a phase of the book with her encountering them, and i'll a lull in both the "action" and interesting characters in motion.