Paula's Reviews > Shrines of Gaiety

I´ve loved all of Atkinson´s books: the Brodie series,the stand alones.She was always a delight to read:wit,clever plots, smart writing,so it saddens me to rate this one so low.
Starts well,good tableau,interesting characters, all the trademarks of Atkinson´s...and then it flops.
The wit gets old, the villains are really... not,the characters are just sketched,the parody is off,when in other books she excelled at nuance and layers. It´s all predictable,and,shockingly for me with this author,I got bored.
The glints of a great writer are there,but it´s not enough. Hope she gets back on form with the next one.