TBR Feature #10

Wednesday 29 June 2016

TBR Feature is the chance for me to, every Wednesday, pick one of my unread books and discuss it: why I picked it up, when I'll get round to reading it, if I'm still interested in it at all etc.

The Pleasures of Men by Kate Williams

This is a book that I've already tried reading but had to put down because I couldn't really get into it. I was intrigued but the narrator was so unreliable and the writing was rather unique I just struggled to get very far into it.

The cover and the blurb, and the little bit that I did read, make me want to know just what exactly happens. I want to know if the narrator can actually be trusted, or if everyone is correct in writing her off and not listening to her. Hopefully when I pick it up again I'll make it all the way through and have my questions answered.

It's not a book I'm dying to pick up straight away, but I would like to get to it soon. It's been on my list since I got it for my seventeenth birthday, it can wait a bit longer. I haven't read a historical fiction in a long time, and this is set in the early Victorian period which is my absolute favourite.

Have you read The Pleasures of Men?

5 comments:

  1. I've not read this... What is it about exactly? I think that the title is defiently an eye catcher!

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    1. A serial killer akin to Jack the Ripper. Not sure what role the main character has to play in it as things came across quite vague (and I didn't get far when I started it) but I think she might actually be in on it.

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    2. I need to read it! that sounds so cool!

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  2. Aww I'm sorry that it didn't really intrigue you as much as had hoped. Historical fictional books have always been a favorite, but it's sad that this didn't exceed expectations whatsoever D: I hope you get into it soon!

    Jillian @ Jillian's Books

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    1. Thanks, I hope I do too. I'm hoping that once I get into it and get used to the style of it I'll enjoy it more, as it seems very interesting!

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