I don't normally hold much truck with book awards but I've read three of the six books on this year's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction so here are my thoughts:
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie is a quirky but easy to read novel which I am very surprised to find on the list. I loved it - one for fans of Where'd You Go Bernadette and other slight oddities.
I hated A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara but still read it in its entirety which is unusual for me as I have the attention span of a toddler and will delete an unsatisfying book from my kindle at the drop of a hat. Relentlessly depressing and traumatic, I still can't identify what kept me reading and I have no intention of picking it up again to do any further analysis.
The Impossibility of Love by Hannah Rothschild is featherlight but whips along at pace and with style. I loved all the London art world details and Rothschild's passion for, and knowledge of, art shines through.
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