I think this was predominantly because Hardinge had not given them any specific defining features, physically and internally. The climax was near the last section of the novel, and it was amazing – there were mountains of suspense and the air was cracking from the tension.Īt several points I was overwhelmed by the amount of middle-aged male characters, and kept confusing them in my mind. The characters developed wonderfully, and by the end they were overflowing with rich desires and feelings. Having said that, it was written cleverly, and it always appeared to me that the plot had flourished and grew on it’s own that it wasn’t the outcome of some author’s toil. The book progresses massively in style for me the opening scene was excruciatingly bland but as I trudged on further through the chapters, I was rewarded. However, at times I felt like the writing was very heavy and over-bearing to read, making it a slightly painful experience, because I always had to be concentrating to fully understand what was going on, and felt I couldn’t always relax into the novel. As soon as I started reading I felt enveloped by the dense words and was transported into Faith’s peculiar 19th century world. And then they gain power, morphing into a life of their own, and are soon unstoppable.
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