Oh my gosh! Thank you. I'm trying to read Lessons in Chemistry now on the recommendation of my friend. She read it in 2 days. I'm three weeks in, and I'm only on page 75. I will read literary fiction, commercial fiction, and non-fiction until 4 in the morning. However, this and other upmarket fiction (as I just learned the title), I just…
Oh my gosh! Thank you. I'm trying to read Lessons in Chemistry now on the recommendation of my friend. She read it in 2 days. I'm three weeks in, and I'm only on page 75. I will read literary fiction, commercial fiction, and non-fiction until 4 in the morning. However, this and other upmarket fiction (as I just learned the title), I just can't seem to delve in to them. I end up feeling disconnected from the main characters, cheated out of gripping plot or a mind altering commentary on the human condition, and frustrated with the general half truths. You say character driven, but I feel like there needs to be more character development, as though all characters are surface characters that aren't complex. I'll finish the book out of loyalty, but I find myself searching overdrive and dreaming of my next book.
Oh my gosh! Thank you. I'm trying to read Lessons in Chemistry now on the recommendation of my friend. She read it in 2 days. I'm three weeks in, and I'm only on page 75. I will read literary fiction, commercial fiction, and non-fiction until 4 in the morning. However, this and other upmarket fiction (as I just learned the title), I just can't seem to delve in to them. I end up feeling disconnected from the main characters, cheated out of gripping plot or a mind altering commentary on the human condition, and frustrated with the general half truths. You say character driven, but I feel like there needs to be more character development, as though all characters are surface characters that aren't complex. I'll finish the book out of loyalty, but I find myself searching overdrive and dreaming of my next book.