goldtop London, United Kingdom

Disappointed as I had so enjoyed Marge Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time. This one felt a lot more laboured. Extensive research squeezed into and around the actual narrative of thing. The social history was fascinating - had never heard of Victoria Woodhull or Elizabeth Cady Stanton and their work before - but the sheer amount of it hindered the flow of the story I think.

Not as good as Labyrinth, although got into it and was gripped at the end (yay!).

The style of writing was a bit odd; I know one of the characters was contemporary American, but really, some of the descriptions were bordering on Romance novel style and language overly Americanised in her sections.

Do I need to know how lithe and slender the girl is when it has no bearing whatsoever on the story? or what label her cardigan, make of phone etc? Unless of course it was one of those sponsored mentions (which worked btw - I can remember it was an Abercrombie & Fitch cardi - Oh dear...)