A review by jennastopreading
The Celebrants by Steven Rowley

Did not finish book. Stopped at 48%.
I read and loved Rowley’s THE GUNCLE and LILY AND THE OCTOPUS, so I was really excited to get approved on Netgalley for THE CELEBRANTS. Unfortunately, at 48% in, I decided to put the book down. 
 
I think at the root of it, I was struggling with both the number of main characters and the length of the chapters. With an ensemble cast of 5 larger than life characters, the 50(ish)+ page chapters each centering on one character at a time made it hard to engage. Halfway into the book, I didn’t love or hate any of the characters, nor did I care about their stories. The long chapters made it hard for me to read even a chapter in one sitting, which makes it even harder to get sucked in. 
 
I think the story has promise, but the setup of the book just didn’t work for me. Hoping the next Rowley works better for me. 
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