I give this book only a one-star rating because I could not finish it. I did read half of it, but the writing style annoyed me terribly. Other reviewers call this writing style "gorgeous," but I did not find this to be true at all.





















I was able to read as much as I did only because I read elsewhere that the main character really did exist, although not much is known about her. This could have been interesting If the writing style was less choppy.





















I would have thought that Lauren Groff used this writing style as a sort of imitation of the way life felt in the abby. But I know that was not the case because she used a similar writing style in her last book, FATES AND FURIES, which I also tried to read.