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maddiechambers 's review for:
On The Black Hill
by Bruce Chatwin
This took me longer than I wanted it to, but I anticipated that. I started off really slow and kind of dreaded reading it, finding it a bit dull and hard to get through. After about a week though, I was getting through it much quicker and became very attached to the characters. I enjoyed seeing how times changing affected/did not affect the twins. I cried at the end but I don’t think I’d be quick to recommend this book as it’s quite niche. For the wrong person this could cause a bad reading rut… I also think that the deeper meanings that Chatwin was trying to get across maybe skipped over my head because I have little knowledge of them in that context. E.g. the second to last chapter at the Harvest church service, or the symbolism of Benjamin being a conscientious objector. I’d guess I’m not the target audience but enjoyed nonetheless once I got into the swing of it.