Seating Arrangements

Sadly, a disappointment. I hated the first half, then enjoyed the middle part immensely, but found myself drifting back into indifference by the end of the book. Shipstead is immensely talented. Her writing style is wonderful and I just hope to be able to read something by her that showcases this talent. Simply put, I just couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters. It's fine to have unlikable characters, but if I don't even care about what happened to them, then what's the point? The ending was also unsatisfactory after a somewhat more promising middle section. Not for me, I guess.

This story seemed very similar to another one I read in the past. But I wasn't really impressed. It was really a story of dumb people.