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December has been a busy month of reading. Next week I will do a blog post everyday to catch up.
Have a fun weekend!
Synopsis
This is from goodreads as I only got to page 153.
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.
Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war.
Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils... Pagford is not what it first seems.
And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations?
My Thoughts
So I could not finish this book. Not because it wasn't well written, it was. Not because it wasn't interesting, because I did find it so. But mostly because of some of the subject matter. There is a mother who is high on drugs and trying to take care of her children. That was just hard for me to get through at this point in my life. I just didn't feel like reading about drug abuse, overt poverty and the sense of hopelessness that can go along with those things. Those subjects are definitely worthy of attention and discussion, I just didn't feel like having that discussion right now. I needed something lighter and a bit happier I guess. Less heavy.
I will probably try this book again at some point in my life. I would like to know what happens. The characters are so well thought out and well rounded that you almost feel like you have known them forever. But for now, this will stay on my couldn't finish shelf.
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