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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
All of these people are varying degrees of bad. From slightly narcissistic to irredeemable and vile. However, the strange, almost Pushing Daisies-esk quality to the narration. Spinning a yarn, but it’s biting and unwilling to let the characters off the hook. Which is good, considering what happens to Patrick Melrose in this book at the age of 5.
It won’t be for everyone. It’s traumatic, and looks to be teeing up Patrick’s future in a way that probably examines the trauma cycle. This is particular to my interests and the voice and prose is really well done, so it was for me, but I can see why probably most people wouldn’t be interested in it. I think it will only be more interesting when it moved past his childhood. We’ll see what happens.
It won’t be for everyone. It’s traumatic, and looks to be teeing up Patrick’s future in a way that probably examines the trauma cycle. This is particular to my interests and the voice and prose is really well done, so it was for me, but I can see why probably most people wouldn’t be interested in it. I think it will only be more interesting when it moved past his childhood. We’ll see what happens.
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Incest, Pedophilia, Rape
dark
sad
Так ну это разгон, посмотрим что будет дальше
Пацана жалко конечно
Страшно что в мире реально есть такие противные мужики
Пацана жалко конечно
Страшно что в мире реально есть такие противные мужики
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It’s strange to get the feeling of Mrs Dalloway from something about such depravity and decadence. The sense of luxury is the same as in The Great Gatsby and the people in this story are as awful as the language is beautiful.
Hmmmmm...this sat on the shelf for a while, but then I saw that Showtime is doing a dramatization with Cumberbatch playing Patrick Melrose. Enough to push it up to the next-read status. Sometimes I have a hard time getting into that very male-British-upper class world of boarding schools and boy-on-boy abuse and sometimes sex. Happily, St. Aubyn manages to get a lot of harsh behavior into the text without bashing the reader over the head with it. This first novel introduces the family: young Patrick, his abusive father, and his abused mother. It's surely a topsy-turvy world, because mom is wealthy and supports dad, but dad is a creep who bullies her around! The story takes place over just a day, really, and includes some friends coming for dinner. I don't think there was a character in the book that I'd want to meet up with, but I still enjoyed reading it. Perhaps that's the most flattering thing anyone ever said about a book? I am certainly heading straight into the second novel in the series.
Dirty pretty bright young things: conniption, bile and incest in Provence. As much fun as seeing Jamie Blandford arrested for possession of smack, or joining in the general abuse hurled at the dreadful Princess Eugenie’s demands for taxpayers to fund her vulgar wedding. Showing up its cheapness glaringly, like a bargain find at Kensington Market.
I revelled in the language, even if what it described was rarely lovely. Never Mind is one day in the life of the Melrose family and two sets of their friends. David Melrose is an extraordinarily cruel husband and father, Eleanor, a drunk to escape her reality, and five year old Patrick is trying to navigate his confusing world. It’s a deliciously nasty slice of British wealth, and snobbery, with some foreign viewpoints to critique this world of loathing. A fascinating visit; I wouldn’t want to live there.
So well written, I didnt imagine the cruelty that happened later on. What was interesting was seeing the events from the prespective of each character and how they justify their acts to themselves. cant wait to read book 2