A.S. Byatt: The Children's Book - Reading progress update

Alright, this is the next book for the RL book group I kinda "joined".
I am finding it really hard to find some interest in this. It's just not working for me to have children in Victorian London - the oldest of whom seems to be 11 - have such a developed understanding of social politics.
Gaaaahhhhhh.....
Has anyone read this? I have a mind to DNF this.