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Title: High on color, low on plot and narrative
Review: My first Caroline Graham, but probably my last. I got half way through this book and then threw it away in frustration.Many American readers will find some problems with the 'Englishness' of this novel (proprietary names of products not available here, contemporary references, etc.)and no doubt others will enjoy it for just that reason.My main problem was that the 'color' was overdone: although there was an excess of detail about the village in which the story is set, and the people who inhabit it, this all came at the expense of any development of the characters. Barnaby is still rather a cardboard cut-out even at the end.The plot is weak, and the narrative is too slow. Sorry, Ms Graham, I really tried hard but this wasn't my cup of tea . . .
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