I read lots of different parts of this and I enjoyed almost all of the parts I read, but for much of the time I didn't know what was going on. This needs, and I hope deserves a thorough, careful read through of every paragraph, in order. I believe that would make sense out of it. Something else it... view book

In brief: Interesting, but if this is only about a fifth of the whole novel - where's it going? Do you have it planned to the end? The various viewpoints work, but they could work even better if the waysof thinking of the different characters were more radically different. I entirely agree with t... view book

This is very good writing, but sometimes almost too painful to bear. It makes one think, not for the first time, that the behaviour of people is sometimes wholly inexplicable - how can a woman return to a man who beats her ... and again, and again. Yet there are fascinating stories here to be read, ... view book

This is great stuff though, as usual when reading about Ireland, I feel that Ireland is stranger to the average Englishman than Outer Mongolia. RT view book

Fine book. Terrible title. RT view book