I kept abandoning this, then going back to it as she makes the characters likeable and believable and you want to find out how they fare - however, after a while (page 200) the turgid, humourless, heavy text finally did me in. Brilliantly researched but it was like Davies didn't know whether she wan...
200 pages in and It's just not holding my attention. Life is to short, so I am going to set this one aside for now.
The world can rest easy now. Harriet reviewed it today and gave it four. Whew :p