![]() ![]() I went from “I’ve read three chapters” to “wait, that’s the end?”. And then when that finally settles, the book is over before it’s even properly started. The first chapter skips around a lot and it just felt like I’d been dumped into the middle of a longer story. The major sticking point between me and this novella, besides the boredom, was how off the pacing felt. Just some characters I actually like and a decent plot.) And yes, true, but it also doesn’t take that much for me not to be bored. ( Charlotte, you are so easily bored, you say. ![]() All it really served to do was put me off the characters and the book.īecause, although this book was less than 100 pages long, I still really needed to at least like the characters from the first page. The book then goes on to establish Alice as meek and not at all likely to be the kind of person who does that, so why that line was in there, I don’t know. To be honest, I was put off this book on the first page when there was the following line:Īlice didn’t know how she was supposed to concentrate on her sewing – or whatever it was she was meant to be doing – when there was an ample bosom or a pert backside within reach at all moments. ![]()
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