Is it grammatically and semantically correct to use "didn't much like" as a phrase?

Does “didn’t much like” accurately express the idea that the writer did not like it as much as she would have desired. Would it be actually wrong, or would it be better if it is expressed as “didn’t like it much”.

I didn’t much like ongoing conversations among the group of people I interacted with.

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Is it correct to write “didn’t much like” I am not sure but the word much seems redundant and in some ways trying to measure something non-measurable? I did see that a few bloggers have used this in their articles, but not entirely sure if it’s sufficiently authoritative to consider correct.