Finding the point of view character very annoying (and implausible -- would any archaeologist dig leader really bring along a friend with such neuroses about the remains of the dead? Especially one who isn't an archaeologist, but doing her PhD on Victoria lit*, and just wants to come along for a bit of a holiday, while she reads Middlemarch?
Aannoying and implausible ...
*I didn't believe the PhD for a minute, either ...
Aannoying and implausible ...
*I didn't believe the PhD for a minute, either ...
