As you read WHERE MY HEART USED TO BEAT, you may wonder, where is this going. If you were to ask me, I'd say, no place interesting. Although Sebastian Faulks must have a point to this story, he's so slow in making it that he lost me.

This story is several stories within a story as the main character remembers episodes from his past, beginning with his boyhood, to his days as a student, to his World War II experiences, to his love life. Sometimes the stories alternate. They are slow.

I asked for and won this book from librarything.com. I wanted to try Faulks, a new author for me. I'm sorry because someone else who wanted this book didn't win because I did.