Thursday, June 27, 2013

QUEEN BEE OF TUSCANY : THE REDOUBTABLE JANET ROSS
 by Ben Downing

Don't believe any of the reviews for this book.  Exhilarating, a page-turner, entertaining, engrossing, is absurd. I only got to page 40 and could no longer stand the book. Janet Ross was supposed to be this dynamic, Victorian woman who for the last sixty years of her life lived in Tuscany immersed in the agriculture. Sounds a bit dry, doesn't it? I like to read books about obscure subjects and if they're written well, they can be quite fascinating. Unfortunately, this one doesn't cut it. There's so many peripheral characters that abound (who cares about them?) that you can't get your head around right in the beginning and never seems to stop. It was all rather boring.
Not recommended.

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