![]() ![]() ![]() To often we’re told by our narrator that he will get back to certain details that he’s leaving out for the time being, but he never does go back to them. And to a degree that is correct, but the real problem is the narrator. ![]() Though I was not interested in the opening sections of the book, I just assumed they were character development needed to understand the later events of the story. Now I want to be clear that I don’t mean that because the first hundred or so pages are … well, let’s just say slow going and the plot doesn’t move forward at all. Here’s the problem: the novel is structurally a mess. I even spoke to the person who recommended me this novel – a brilliant Literature Professor of mine – and we talked at length about it, but my mind didn’t change during our conversation. The truth is that I just don’t think this is a very good novel and I’m a little ashamed that I feel that way. I actually finished the novel almost a month ago but I’ve been holding off writing a review of it because I needed time to think about what my problem is with it, especially since this is considered one of his great masterpieces and that not liking it felt sacrilegious. ![]()
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