A review by jessby
The Folding Star by Alan Hollinghurst

1.0

I can't remember the last time I hated every single character in a book so intensely. Edward Manners, self-absorbed and lacking any insight into himself, preys on pretentious Luc, a 17 year old who he is tutoring in English. Promiscuity I can handle. Gay sex doesn't bother me. Sexual obsession can be fascinating. Hollinghurst put together some good passages here but not enough to save it. I feel like this could have been a great book but I couldn't get past the narcissism. And it was just so BORING.