There is a review by the Guardian reviewer Blake Morrison 'Hell hath no fury' which reads so much more into this book than we did. It sees the novel as a quiet scream against the female ouvre, a feminist novel but not a strident one. We didn't read it as such. Most of us just saw it as a novelist writing about a novelist, introspective and navel gazing. Although the language is beautiful and skillful, the story was not engaging enough for most of us.
Words used to decribe it:
concited, navel (novel) gazing, uncompromising, gloomy, beautifully written, disjointed, unengaging
Marks out of 10
Between 3 - 8 (only one 8)
Next Book
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
Venue
at Carolyn's
January 17th 2019
Christmas dinner at Chelsea Arts Club
19th December
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