Oh, What a Relief It Is!

I finished a book yesterday (not The Invention of Wings seen here).

I moaned to myself and complained to my husband all the way through it!

Though the subject matter was interesting to me,

it was poorly written in my opinion.

Two of the four main characters had names 

beginning with the same letter.

From the git-go, I couldn't keep them straight.

Many of the short chapters began with flashbacks to the childhoods of the four characters,

making it difficult for me to stick with the story.

The conversations were predictable and full of trite comments.
It ended as I imagined it would.

 Why oh WHY did I finish it?????

It was an incredible relief to begin THIS book!  The writing is superb.

Believable characters, interesting dialogue, humor, and historical accuracy.

And I'm just at the end of the first chapter!

 The older I get, the more particular I am about what I read.

How about you?

(And have you read this book yet?)