Book Review: Ordinary People by Diana Evans
on Sheila Ash (India), 03/Jan/2021 06:55, 34 days ago
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Ordinary PeoplebyDiana EvansMy rating:1 of 5 starsI very seldom trash a book but this has been the most boring book I have ever read. It was my in person book club choice for this month and I've managed about half way through it and that was a stretch so as a Christmas present to myself I am giving up on it! It is everything I dislike in a a novel - domesticity abounds, huge amount of dialog such that it almost reads like a script, characters I have absolutely no interest in and who have nothing interesting happening to them. It is set in a part of London I know and granted her desciptions of the area ran true - and that's my only positive about this book. I read reviews about it praising its prose and insightGuardian Reviewbut I just don't get it, I'm just not reading the same book. For me it lived up to its title Ordinary. More enticing reads await.ashramblings