I Loved The Paris Wife and I struggled to get through this novel without completely disliking Beryl Markham. While I understand the reason for her constant selfishness to doing what she wanted in her life even if it ruins relationships and people, but I didn't find any redeeming characteristics for me to feel sympathy or to like her even a little. I never read about her before or have I read Out of Africa (Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen). I am interested in reading her own work West In the Night in hopes that the author read/wrote her wrong.

Granted there are some beautiful passages in the novel and the writing is well done, with a few rough spots (I was reading an ARC from Netgalley), but I couldn't get past the main character with no redeeming qualities other than her accomplishments, for which she did anything to achieve.

I would give this 2.5 Stars.