I listen to Elizabeth Day's podcast, 'How To Fail' and, while I wouldn't be as crass as to say, 'Here's an example!', this is not a particularly successful novel. It seemed poorly planned and plotted, and not only were the (universally unlikable) characters inconsistent and unconvincing but so was the genre - it seemed to be heading for a thriller and then suddenly it was just a dull domestic drama. It certainly wasn't unsettling, gothic or terrifying, as billed (billed! Magpie! Ha!).
Apparently, I had similar thoughts about another Day novel.
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