DNF at 15%. As someone who did their PhD in Scotland, I thought I'd really enjoy this book, but I just couldn't persevere. Not a fan of the writing style - there are phrases that just ruined the illusion for me - making a brew with two tea bags, ordering a double earl grey, putting three coats of lipgloss on then brushing your teeth, signing the bill for round of drinks. I realise the story is based on an America abroad, but it took my focus anyway from the story at hand. It also introduced too many people too quickly, with one large scene very early on, so I struggled to actually follow whos who and their relationship to one another.

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Just couldn't get into this one. 

DNF at 23%. It's too slow for me. I just couldn't persevere. 

DNF at 34%. I just couldn't get into this story. I like the concept of following Captain Hook after he's left Neverland, and learning the story behind how he became the villain we all know so well, but there just wasn't enough to hook me in. 

I didn't realize this is a sequel to the authors previous book Wendy, Darling. There are many references to earlier events/characters, which made it hard to get into. 

I found the story too slow for my taste, and the jumping timelines/events confusing in places.

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DNF at 34%. I just couldn't get on board with the writing style. Lists and metaphors are overused, and it's very pretentious - which I realize is meant to fit the character of woman we're following, but it made it difficult to read. I felt the story lacked flow, and I couldn't find the drive to continue. 

The premise of a female psychopathic food critic who kills and eats her lovers sounded fantastic, but I was disappointed with the execution. 

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DNF at 40%. It took 30% for anything to happen. I persevered a little further but I just couldn't continue. At 40% I'd want to have some connection with a character, or the story, or something. But there wasn't anything making me want to read on. The idea of two souls living in a single body, switching places between day and night, sounds very interesting, but the world this story is set in wasn't for me. The pace is just too slow. 

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