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None of the rest was as dull as that chapter 4 but I do think some parts are over-written and go on for too long (which always makes me think the author is being self-indulgent, because I know from experience how hard but necessary it is to cut your own work). And the twist was incredibly obvious so it annoyed me when the book club questions made it sound like it was a genuine shock. Still, I enjoyed it on the whole.

It took me a beat to get into the poetic writing style but then I really enjoyed the first three chapters. Most of the forth chapter (largely about meeting the husband and who she thought she’d end up with) felt painfully slow and repetitive, but I’m still eager to keep going.