The Crimson Rooms by Katharine McMahon
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If I had to sum up my feelings toward this book in one word, that word would be “apathetic”.
The premise sounded good. Post-WWI era in London, one of the first female lawyers struggling to make her mark, the murder of a newly wed young woman, the accused her new husband. Family drama, court drama and love drama all wrapped up in one novel.
It wasn’t that the writing was bad, or that the story was necessarily bad (I was most interested in the mystery part of it all), it was just that I was so incredibly bored the entire time I was reading this book. I found myself looking for chores to do rather than pick it up. And.. I’m ashamed to admit, I think I stared at the cover with more interest and longing then I felt at any time for the contents of the book. (It is a gorgeous cover).
I hate seeing so much potential prove to be so dull. In researching other reviews on this novel once I finished it, I found quite a few others sharing the same opinion. In fact.. I’m bored even writing this review. So I’ll stop now. =)
That is exactly how I felt reading The Rose of Sebastopol by the same author.
Oh man, I had that one on my list too, thinking that surely the author can’t be this bad in ALL her books.. such a shame, because she does write well there’s just no connection for me.