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Title: fake victoriana - painfully slow
Review: The book is long but that isn't the problem; the problem is that it feels long. I have to confess i gave up after about 100 pages, but that shouldn't be an objection to a review - after all, does anybody blame you if you stop eating an unappetizing meal?The book: fake Victorian style - appealing at first ('finely wrought', a certain elegance of style) but then tiresome. PS - if I want Victorian style, I'll read one of the Victorians. After all, they lived it, and that shows.The plot - some kind of alternate history of England including magic. It took so long to get off the ground that it drove me slightly batty. I would've given up earlier if not for the desire to finish what I started.In short, I think the lavish praise for this book is just the punditocracy (the journalistic and literary establishment) reacting to the frills of style and the appearance of sophistication.
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