Helpful Score: 2
I was not captivated, but I enjoyed reading about a time and a place that I had not encountered before. France, after the fall of Algeria is not a setting I expected to feel at home in, but Claire Messud does a fine job.
Helpful Score: 1
Eh. I don't get the hoopla over this book. Average at best. I had to push myself to finish it.
Helpful Score: 1
Gorgeous writing, and I enjoyed all but the last 1/8th of the book or so. I'm honestly not sure whether the story lost steam, or whether I did. Worth reading for the lovely prose alone.
