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Jan 16, 2016freckled2much rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is on my list of 100 Best Books by British Authors, and though I can see that it may belong there technically, I will refrain from adding it to my personal re-read collection. This book was beautifully written, but very difficult to read due to the style of writing (there are spots where you must infer which character is being followed), but mainly because some of her characters suffer mightily, and you are in danger of being pulled down with them. She has captured bleakness and despair very well. This was written only a few years before she committed suicide, and her first hand experience of suffering certainly provides an empathetic lens into the pain and turmoil her characters experience.