Title: Couldn't get into it
Product review: The reviews made it sound like I could get into this, but I'm about a quarter of the way through, and it's been an excruciating read. I read on the bus, and I often find my mind drifting, thinking about what I'm going to have for supper, for instance, or finding myself gazing out at the landscape. 86 pages and this hasn't grabbed me yet. Partly, I think it's that it is written with dialogue that's not set apart by quotation marks, so sorting out what is said, what is thought, and what is just narrative (and sometimes, who is saying it) is too much like work. It IS indeed a melancholy story, lots of married people having affairs, two depressed and depressing main characters who are not very likeable. Eh, think I'll move on to something else and give up on this one...
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