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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The start of the Troubles, as seen through the lens of a British army Major living in a dilapidation hotel in Ireland. As the Troubles escalate, the hotel and its occupants fall into disrepair, mirroring the rise in anarchy outside its walls, with a similar refusal to see or understand.
funny
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I was really enjoying this, but it's been four and a half years, and it's time to admit this book is lost.
A fairly excellent book about the fall of the British empire, this time in Ireland.
emotional
funny
sad
I read Farrell's troubles because the Siege of Krishnapur is fantastic, but the book is a comedy, and in the end it sort of nihilistically forgets about every character arc and plot point. It doesnt kill people off or anything, it just doesnt address them, and the comedy isnt funny because of the background tragedy. The romances are unfulfilled, the tension is unreleased.
Its like a book about a decaying corpse, but tries to make unsuccessful jokes about decay being funny, when we know its not. I'm pretty mad it went to such shit so late in the novel, as now I feel like I wasted my time.
oh and btw irish civil war, except it only manifests itself in sexual dilly-dallying with loose women and black and tans, random acts of banditry that end up in wacky but depressing situations, and newspaper clippings.
Its like a book about a decaying corpse, but tries to make unsuccessful jokes about decay being funny, when we know its not. I'm pretty mad it went to such shit so late in the novel, as now I feel like I wasted my time.
oh and btw irish civil war, except it only manifests itself in sexual dilly-dallying with loose women and black and tans, random acts of banditry that end up in wacky but depressing situations, and newspaper clippings.