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sydney__p 's review for:
The Driver's Seat
by Muriel Spark
I didn't expect this novella to be so interesting!
This is a thriller, but at the same time, it is something more. The most peculiar thing about it is that you don't follow the clues through a detective after the murder has been committed, but, rather, while it is slowly happening in front of your eyes. In "The Driver's Seat" , the protagonist Lise, is not just the victim of a murder, is a woman who is trying to determine her own destiny. But she doesn't do it in a conventional way and we will never know the truth about her because we see the novel as a sort of reportage where we are not able to see her point of view. Maybe she is a woman who doesn't like the changes in the society of her time or maybe she is just suffering from a neurosis. Even if we will never know who this eccentric woman really was, what has induced her to become what she is now, the pacing and the crescendo of the novel make us really attached to the whole narrative. It's like we are following a stranger, but we just want to peep into the keyhole and know all the story, without searching for any emotional attachment.
This is a thriller, but at the same time, it is something more. The most peculiar thing about it is that you don't follow the clues through a detective after the murder has been committed, but, rather, while it is slowly happening in front of your eyes. In "The Driver's Seat" , the protagonist Lise, is not just the victim of a murder, is a woman who is trying to determine her own destiny. But she doesn't do it in a conventional way and we will never know the truth about her because we see the novel as a sort of reportage where we are not able to see her point of view. Maybe she is a woman who doesn't like the changes in the society of her time or maybe she is just suffering from a neurosis. Even if we will never know who this eccentric woman really was, what has induced her to become what she is now, the pacing and the crescendo of the novel make us really attached to the whole narrative. It's like we are following a stranger, but we just want to peep into the keyhole and know all the story, without searching for any emotional attachment.