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Title: Well written, just.... ugh.
Review: McCann wrote a rich, detailed and realistic depiction of Cromwellian England. She has an eye for detail that made me really REALLY want to like this book. Unfortunately, the main character is a self-obsessed whiner who constantly sabotages himself. I wanted to like him, and I wanted to root for him, but toward the end of the book, I had a hard time seeing his story through to the end.This is an excellent book for people who like endings where little is resolved, and who like having to read the last chapter three times in order to figure out what happened. It's also good for people who enjoy dark, cheerless tales with their protagonists self-absorbed and incapable of moving past their mistakes. I don't want to be too harsh on the book, but it's just not my cup of tea.
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