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Title: Dull and disorganized
Review: The premise of this book is quite good. However, the writing style is undeniably British. None of the main characters are particularly sympathetic, nor are motivations well explored. Some of the smaller characters are interesting and sympathetic, but my favorite of them just vanished in the middle of the book with no explanation whatsoever. Even the ones that don't per se vanish, like Lord Byron, appear to be randomly thrown in to provide a bit of color to the incredibly dull protagonists and don't seem to really advance the storyline. I read it all the way through because I couldn't believe that a book with the reviews that this one is getting wouldn't get better, but it didn't.
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