I thought this book had a very well defined sense of place.. I particularly enjoyed the world that the author created in France and in London and the research of time and place was excellent. It’s a well written and well structured book and it’s worth taking the time to read it.
My only criticism was that the characters are not particularly likeable but that is not necessarily a bad thing. It reminded me of of one of those 1960s beat movies where the characters are all slightly damaged and cynical.

This only really became interesting to me around 70% in. The frequent use of Italics interrupted the reading experience for me. I also found that the splices of sex and food descriptions felt out of place and disjointed. So overall it didn’t flow very well.

Additionally the characters felt a little flat and/or predictable and all unlikeable apart from one.