No meeting in December so two books to discuss in January.
Night Watch
Some of us tried it, two of us read it. three of us got to about 100 pages and couldn't see where it was going. It was in three parts going backwards in time and it was thought it would have been better being done in chronological order. Pointed out that as the publisher was Virago it was a feminist book. Lesbianism and Heterosexual relationships in it. No one could make out the young lad who was the centre of the book. Relationships weren't developed satisfactorily. Marks of 4,3,1.5
Violetta
Again, some people thought that the relationships weren't developed enough. Plenty of excitement in the life of Violetta from 1920 to 2020 - Time of the Flu epidemic to Covid. I wish that I had looked at the Wikipedia page for Salvador Allende while reading the book, I would have had a much better idea of the story.
Marks 4,5,6,7,8,8,8,8 =avg 7
