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The Brontë Plot
by Katherine Reay
DNf - 60%
I received this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Lucy Alling is fairly happy in her job selling rare, antique items when she falls in love with a customer, and is introduced to his grandmother - who knows a lot more about Lucy and her family members than Lucy herself. When a secret comes to life that rattles Lucy, and ends her relationship, she ends up being employed by her ex's grandmother to travel to England on an antique hunt - as well as a literary tour.
This book has the ingredients to what I thought would be my perfect recipe but it ended up being really bland, and lacked any kind of spice or seasoning. I just couldn't bother reading more, and dnf'it at 60%.
I found the story didn't flow very well, and was very stop and start from chapter one. I couldn't get my head around Lucy meeting James in the first chapter (which was actually their second meeting - their first meeting where the initial chemistry apparently happened, happened off-page), being in a relationship with him by the second and broken up and heartbroken by the third. It was a whirlwind for two characters who had very little chemistry and barely even kissed. And honestly, I really didn't like James anyway and how he spoke to Lucy and kind of commandeered some of the decisions she made about her life (him giving her furniture rubbed me up the wrong way as it felt a bit controlling or something).
The storyline in general was just very, very boring and it seemed to take way too long for anything to actually happening except repeat conversations about Lucy's dad and granddad, and what terrible people they apparently were. At 60%, they hadn't even made it to any interesting literary hotspot except for some tourist areas around London.
Lucy was also just not a nice character at all. She came off as a bit mean and a bit of a bully to others. There were several scenes where she acted horribly in restaurants and I couldn't get over it. The story is written in a way that we are suppose to forgive Lucy for these misdemeanours and she doesn't really mean it but I just was really turned off by her.
I received this book from the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Lucy Alling is fairly happy in her job selling rare, antique items when she falls in love with a customer, and is introduced to his grandmother - who knows a lot more about Lucy and her family members than Lucy herself. When a secret comes to life that rattles Lucy, and ends her relationship, she ends up being employed by her ex's grandmother to travel to England on an antique hunt - as well as a literary tour.
This book has the ingredients to what I thought would be my perfect recipe but it ended up being really bland, and lacked any kind of spice or seasoning. I just couldn't bother reading more, and dnf'it at 60%.
I found the story didn't flow very well, and was very stop and start from chapter one. I couldn't get my head around Lucy meeting James in the first chapter (which was actually their second meeting - their first meeting where the initial chemistry apparently happened, happened off-page), being in a relationship with him by the second and broken up and heartbroken by the third. It was a whirlwind for two characters who had very little chemistry and barely even kissed. And honestly, I really didn't like James anyway and how he spoke to Lucy and kind of commandeered some of the decisions she made about her life (him giving her furniture rubbed me up the wrong way as it felt a bit controlling or something).
The storyline in general was just very, very boring and it seemed to take way too long for anything to actually happening except repeat conversations about Lucy's dad and granddad, and what terrible people they apparently were. At 60%, they hadn't even made it to any interesting literary hotspot except for some tourist areas around London.
Lucy was also just not a nice character at all. She came off as a bit mean and a bit of a bully to others. There were several scenes where she acted horribly in restaurants and I couldn't get over it. The story is written in a way that we are suppose to forgive Lucy for these misdemeanours and she doesn't really mean it but I just was really turned off by her.