I did zone out of the audiobook a lot, maybe I missed something, I imagine if I were reading in another format I would have DNFed. Really not much happens, except Evelyn constantly worrying about what people will think. I thought spiritualism was very fashionable and I felt it was lacking context to why she was the way she was. It's just "oh well everyone died in the war" and leaves it at that. It also follows a character who doesn't want anything to do with spiritualism, so doesn't explore it in any sort of depth. Robert was a bit of a wet blanket, just because someone didn't go to war for health reasons (which I'm assuming were legitimate) doesn't mean they're useless.