Here is a review left by a customer on a product. Would you say he was satisfied or dissatisfied?
Title: Beautiful prose, not much else
Review: After reading about 300 pages the "complicated" plot twists had all been straightened out, and the only reason to drudge through the remainder of the book was the hope of coming across more of Atwood's occasionally poignant passages. The novel does cover a lot of ground, just not very well. Class tension, blah. The depravity beneath the genteel surface, blah. This is not a novel with incisive observations about life. Which could be excused if the story and characters were engaging. Laura was the only interesting character, but unfortunately, due to the method of narration was only seen sparingly in the second half.Could have been four stars with 200 less pages and tauter descriptive passages. The story itself would have still been trite, but at least it wouldn't have taken so long to get through. There IS beautiful writing here, it's just stuck in a dull story with mostly dull characters.
