This is such a fantastic and eye opening idea for a story - especially if it is a true story. However, this book did fall a little bit flat for me. There is a massive lack of dialogue which makes the story a bit painful to read. Pages and pages of just prose is not my cup of tea. The lack of dialogue does not give us much of an insight into the characters and their individual personalities. The author herself acknowledges that she has gaps in her writing due to the ladies not giving a full account which the author has filled with facts known by all. This leaves the account feeling quite clinical and I found myself glazing over most of the accounts. There is too much detail about the non-important parts of the story which could have been an opportunity for dialogue or for an insight into the different personalities.
This book is a brilliant idea, but the execution was not there.
This book is a brilliant idea, but the execution was not there.