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pontiki 's review for:
The Price of Salt, or Carol
by Patricia Highsmith
Although I applaud the topic of this novel, and for its time, a happy ending was a first, I still found it was quite difficult to get through.
I didn't like Therese very much, so inarticulate, with lots of sentences incomplete. Maybe this was the author's attempt to make her sound naive or young, but it served only to make her sound unintelligent and two-dimensional.
I didn't enjoy Highsmith's writing style, very choppy and unclear, so that I had to go back and reread to make sense of things.
Also, the heavy, slow pace and to me, artificial happiness of the characters contributed to the feeling of unreality, flightiness instead of the depth which I believe was being sought.
Danny was the most likeable character, in fact. Therese, portrayed as an artist, was too weak and unseeing to be believable. Carol at least was strong, but again, not likeable in the way she treated Therese for the most part.
I read through to the happy ending, but it was unsatisfying and as fluffy as the rest of the book.
I didn't like Therese very much, so inarticulate, with lots of sentences incomplete. Maybe this was the author's attempt to make her sound naive or young, but it served only to make her sound unintelligent and two-dimensional.
I didn't enjoy Highsmith's writing style, very choppy and unclear, so that I had to go back and reread to make sense of things.
Also, the heavy, slow pace and to me, artificial happiness of the characters contributed to the feeling of unreality, flightiness instead of the depth which I believe was being sought.
Danny was the most likeable character, in fact. Therese, portrayed as an artist, was too weak and unseeing to be believable. Carol at least was strong, but again, not likeable in the way she treated Therese for the most part.
I read through to the happy ending, but it was unsatisfying and as fluffy as the rest of the book.