A review by hannicogood
To Calais, in Ordinary Time by James Meek

adventurous challenging slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

Thumbs up for the weird linguistic stuff. Thumbs down because the Hayne vs Softly plot never really clicked into place for me; Will doing an abrupt 180 and deciding he did in fact love Madden/Hab came out of nowhere; and the absurd bdsm/anal thing with the queen mother was just so unnecessary. 
There’s a lot here but it’s certainly not all quality.