Started: November 29, 2024
Completed: November 30, 2024
Recommendation: Not recommended
Recommended By: At the time I added this to my list it was on the short list for the Booker Prize
Completed: November 30, 2024
Recommendation: Not recommended
Recommended By: At the time I added this to my list it was on the short list for the Booker Prize
Review:
Usually the Booker Prize requires something ghastly to happen in the book. My hopes for this book were dashed when it won. Nothing particularly ghastly happens. This is a "day in the life of" kind of book. I find that very hard to pull off. Harvey has some truly poetical paragraphs and some of the descriptions are awesome. This is the artsy-fartsy kind of thing that seems to appeal to judges. And, yes, there is a death (I don't think this is giving anything away, happens relatively early in this short book). Oddly the death doesn't seem to affect the plot. I truly dislike the ending. Absolutely hate it. Thus, in my petty way, I do not recommend this book. So there.
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