No one does more harm than someone who’s obstinately trying to stick to a principle.
I almost didn’t make it past the first few chapters because: Rosie. Then I learned it was a sequel, but won’t be reading the first one because: Rosie. Each chapter with her made me want to pull out my hair. My least favorite type of character.
The non-Rosie parts were still only marginally successful, but had enough interesting things about the interwar years that I kept reading. It was partly for research, so had it been purely for pleasure, I might not have pressed on.