A Book for All and None by Clare Morgan

This book reminded me of Possession by A S Byatt although it was not as good.  It is about two Oxford fellows (Beatrice and Bernard) who start a relationship as they work together on a potential link between Nietzsche and Virginia Woolf.  To be honest, it was pretty boring and hard to get through.  The book is very well researched and exactingly written but this does not make for a very passionate or engaging read.  The best bits of the novel were the sections which were written from the point of view of the husband of one of the Oxford fellows as he was the most well developed and interesting character.  The rest of the book was split between sections narrated by Beatrice and those narrated by Bernard, both of which are a little two dimensional.  There is also a ridiculous DaVinci Code style end to the book which made the whole thing lose credibility in my view.  A technically excellent book which is easy to admire but hard to enjoy.