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A review by mortennc
The Complete Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St Aubyn
3.0
*3.5
After spending 6 months struggling my way through the entire Patrick Melrose series, it’s hard for me to admit that I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as I had hoped and expected from the outset.
While all the books are highly witty and intelligently written, and gives a good view into the minds of ‘old money’, I never got to sympathize entirely with Patrick. At the same time there wasn’t much actual ‘action’ in at least 2-3 of the books, and after a while it was a bore to read the long pseudo-philosophical conversations of the main protagonist and the various people in his life (none of whom he cares that much about). Maybe it was also the sadness of Patrick’s life both as a boy, young adult and parent that made me not enjoy the books as much as they probably deserve.
After spending 6 months struggling my way through the entire Patrick Melrose series, it’s hard for me to admit that I didn’t enjoy it nearly as much as I had hoped and expected from the outset.
While all the books are highly witty and intelligently written, and gives a good view into the minds of ‘old money’, I never got to sympathize entirely with Patrick. At the same time there wasn’t much actual ‘action’ in at least 2-3 of the books, and after a while it was a bore to read the long pseudo-philosophical conversations of the main protagonist and the various people in his life (none of whom he cares that much about). Maybe it was also the sadness of Patrick’s life both as a boy, young adult and parent that made me not enjoy the books as much as they probably deserve.