Particularly in the early chapters we could have done without the repeated descriptions of pubescent breasts! Once you notice, you realise that he does it every time. Unfortunately Rutherford seems unable to describe a young female character without mentioning her sexual attributes. Likewise the book taught me quite a lot of history. Nonetheless, I learnt a lot of interest about the Salisbury region and have already booked a visit to the city. The further I got through this audiobook the less I felt invested in the characters. Although the device of following family lines through the ages is an interesting one, the sheer plethora of characters that that device requires cannot easily all be given their own gripping story. Set in the magical landscape of Stonehenge and the cathedral city of Salisbury, SARUM is an epic story of five families - the Wilsons, the Masons, the Roman family of Porteus, the Saxon Shockleys and the Norman Godfreys - through the turbulent course of English history from the Ice Age to the present day. It did not repay the investment of time (57 hours). Unfortunately, ultimately I found this book a little disappointing. So I was glad to see this addition on Audible recently. Nonetheless I had been looking out for the audiobook version because I wanted to finish the story. I had previously started the paperback version of this book, enjoyed it as far as I got but got overwhelmed by the length.
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