A.S. Byatt: The Children's Book - DNF

The Children's Book - A.S. Byatt

Ok, this is not for me.

 

70 odd pages and no hint of a plot, just a lot of scene setting and Victorian historical information. 

 

I get that this is likely to be character or society study rather than a plot-driven novel, which is fair enough, but I'm not digging the writing. There is a lot of info-dumping, telling rather than showing, and circular writing:

 

 

And again, a pre-teen / early teen questioning their "capability to love"?

Not for me.