Pam

I am going to DNF this book for now. I only got about 2% of the way through but I wasn't connecting with the story. I hope to give it another try in the future.

I stopped reading after the first chapter. Not sure if it was me or the book (as it's over 100 years old). But I struggled with the language and the flow of the story.

Was bored with the story after listening to almost 25% of a 6.5-hour book. Nothing happened; it was a lot of “Man, I hate my job and the way I'm treated by the passengers.” While set in the 1920s, that feels very true today. No thanks!

Stopped at 6%.

Had no desire to pick it back up.

DNF for me. Read 9%, found the story just dragging.

I only read the first chapter and found I did not care for the characters. There is so much name-dropping that it took me out of the story.

Got to page 50, just had trouble getting into the story.

DNF after chapter 3. Struggled to get into the story. The way the characters acted didn't feel like it matched the ages.

Stopped reading at page 66.

I was struggling to connect and stay connected with the characters.

I stopped reading around page 204 (53%).

I struggled to connect with the story. I usually enjoy reading historical fiction; this one just was a struggle. The random time jumps from chapter to chapter made it difficult to keep the story straight. When I say random time jumps, I mean random time jumps. The book's intro is set in some unknown time, but you are led to believe it is the early 1940s. The first chapter takes you to 1909; a few chapters later, it's the 1910s/1920s, then back to the early 1900s, and suddenly you're in the 1940s.