House of Gold 2/5 stars

House of Gold
by Natasha Solomons

2/5 Stars
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Think I love everything I read? Not so!
This is mostly the story of Greta Goldbaum, a girl from Vienna, child of a wealthy banking family, who marries her distant cousin Albert Goldbaum of London.
The story takes place as WW I is brewing.

So first what I Liked.
I DID like the storyline of Greta and Albert, and how their relationship grew.
I also liked the storyline of Greta's lady gardeners and would have liked more about them, and the budding feminists of the time.

Now what I hated:
Was SOOOO Bored with all the Banking talk. I really don't know what half that stuff means, and it was incredibly boring to me and they went on and on and on about it. I get that the story was about a banking family, but I don't need to know about whether the bonds were subscribed or whatever the hell that was.

I really don't know all that much about WW I and the backstory behind it, so it was just plain confusing to hear about the political figures and the battles, etc. I have read other books set in wartime, where it is more interesting and the war stuff isn't so booooring.

So overall, not my fave, I really would not recommend it.