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Title: The Queen of the TambourineAuthor: Jane Gardam
Published: 1991
Language: English
Pages: 226
Rating: 2/5
Summary:
Set in London, a well-meaning woman starts writing letters to a neighbour whose gone missing and no one will tell her what happened.
Review:
Alas, another book I didn't particularly love. I randomly picked this book up for a little project I did and I went in not knowing much and not being familiar with the author. I liked the idea of it though, the blurb made it sound interesting and a little bit mysterious.
I thought this book was perfectly all right; one of the things I like about it is its unreliable narrator and I thought it was interesting to see her slowly but surely descending into madness. I think our main character is interesting in theory, but I found myself not really caring about her or any of the other characters.
There's nothing I can pinpoint in the writing that I didn't like, but nothing I particularly loved about it either. I do think it starts off a little slow, but it does pick after a while. I think my main problem with this book was that because I didn't ever feel particularly invested and I didn't care about the characters, it all felt a bit boring to me. I also very quickly caught on to what was happening so when I got to the reveal at the end, that didn't do much for me.
So overall, just kind of an OK read!
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