lefki torio

I'm probably in an absolute minority with my rating as I've read very few negative reviews. First apparently it is not well researched in the political and religious history of Ireland..something I can't debate upon as I'm lacking in knowledge about this subject in Ireland. The most important part for me is the reading. I've never read a book with so many expletives in the first 50%...one just doesn't go around talking like that every other line...it got so tedious I nearly dropped the book. Secondly...it just didn't reach the 'heart'...the main character I found simple to the point of stupid and the only one I really connected with was Maud Avery. The writing construcción was monotonous and repetitive on a delicate subject..sometimes to the point of vulgarity. A good description of the so called humour would be corny...blasé...and bland. I finished it and found the ending laughable. This book has been referred to as a 'masterpiece'..but I much preferred A Place Called Winter-Patrick Gale Fingersmith-Sarah Waters To The Lighthouse Virginia Woolf Trespass-Rose Tremain All in the same genre and all 5 stars IMHO. A book has to be well researched...well written ...feasible and capture me to the soul...this one didn't.