I'm glad you enjoyed this one so much! I, however, did not.
I felt like the construct of having a narrator provide a window into another narrator might have seemed cute back in the 1800's but was annoying to me. But the biggest problem with it was that MAJOR plot turns just happened with no explanation because neither of the narrators was around to witness them. I can only attribute this to lazy writing when the plot turns were inconsistent with the characters leading up to the turn. They would have had to be major, dramatic events and yet this reader was just left scratching (and shaking) his head.
Obviously, this is a classic so I must be in the minority.
I am so excited to read this one!
I didn’t like it mainly because it confused me with what was happening from the beginning and I can’t enjoy a book that I can’t follow.
I agree. Lovely reflection
I'm glad you enjoyed this one so much! I, however, did not.
I felt like the construct of having a narrator provide a window into another narrator might have seemed cute back in the 1800's but was annoying to me. But the biggest problem with it was that MAJOR plot turns just happened with no explanation because neither of the narrators was around to witness them. I can only attribute this to lazy writing when the plot turns were inconsistent with the characters leading up to the turn. They would have had to be major, dramatic events and yet this reader was just left scratching (and shaking) his head.
Obviously, this is a classic so I must be in the minority.