Travels with Jim
Jill Evans
2/5
Whilst this had a good plot and compelling narrative running through it, I felt it could’ve done with a lot of tightening up. There were several typos, and many of the scenes suffered from “white room syndrome” so named because the reader has no idea where the action is taking place. The historical setting isn’t convincing - there is nothing fixing it as that time in my mind. The two protagonists could have been modern day.
There were some bits of beautiful prose - but unfortunately these were a bit few and far between. All in all, it could’ve done with a really thorough edit.
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