The Rose Code - Kate Quinn

 

54%

09.09.21

On the one hand, day-to-day wartime life at Bletchley Park was well researched and fascinatingly portrayed. On the other, the story was so awkwardly written to be almost unreadable at times. From the weird American phrasing and unconvincing dialogue to cringingly rendered characters to the rather tedious plot (such as it was), it didn't crack the code for my idea of an excellent novel. 

City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert

 57%

23.05.21

This is a superficial book masquerading as a superficial book with hidden depths. It starts out engagingly enough, reviving a well-researched lost world, but loses its focus when most of the main characters are forgotten and new, less interesting characters take their place.