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A review by bookpossum
The Bellwether Revivals by Benjamin Wood
2.0
I spent a lot of time not reading this book, partly because of having lots of other things that needed doing, and partly because it seemed to be much too self-consciously "clever".
I was also irritated by the constant use of "like" instead of "as if" in sentences such as "It seemed like he was ...". While some of the characters in the book may have spoken in this way, I find it beggars belief that an elderly retired Professor of Literature at Cambridge University would do so. Perhaps I am being needlessly pedantic, but it knocked a star off my assessment because it set my teeth on edge every time it appeared.
Having said that, the story was all right but when the beginning of the book starts with bodies and then goes back to where it all began six months earlier, there aren't really too many surprises to be had.
Not recommended
I was also irritated by the constant use of "like" instead of "as if" in sentences such as "It seemed like he was ...". While some of the characters in the book may have spoken in this way, I find it beggars belief that an elderly retired Professor of Literature at Cambridge University would do so. Perhaps I am being needlessly pedantic, but it knocked a star off my assessment because it set my teeth on edge every time it appeared.
Having said that, the story was all right but when the beginning of the book starts with bodies and then goes back to where it all began six months earlier, there aren't really too many surprises to be had.
Not recommended