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A review by labtracks
The St. Zita Society by Ruth Rendell
2.0
This was another book club read, not something I would have picked up on my own. After reading the credentials of the author (I have never read her before) I was quite excited to jump right in. I must say I was sadly disappointed. I thought the title a bit confusing since the society really played a very small role in this novel. Other than separating, congregating and introducing the "servants" as the main characters I really didn't see the point of the society itself, it added nothing to this book for me. Maybe I'm missing something.
I also found it hard to stay interested in this book at times. There was really no main character/s that were so central to the novel that you loved them or hated them and wanted to continue reading because of them. It was all just a jumble of people living on the same block. Some of the story lines I was interested in and others I wasn't so reading the book was like a jerky stop-start process as she moved through the different story lines.
I also found it hard to stay interested in this book at times. There was really no main character/s that were so central to the novel that you loved them or hated them and wanted to continue reading because of them. It was all just a jumble of people living on the same block. Some of the story lines I was interested in and others I wasn't so reading the book was like a jerky stop-start process as she moved through the different story lines.