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hopefulgoat 's review for:
A Handful of Dust
by Evelyn Waugh
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What did I just read? I... I'm so confused.
It feels like Evelyn Waugh just needed to let off some steam after his divorce and decided he wanted to write about divorce so wrote about it without coming up for a real reason for a divorce. Sure, Brenda's bored, but she largely wants to get divorced because the plot needs her to. I know, that's kind of the point but that's also kind of lazy writing.
Then Evelyn Waugh decided his divorce wasn't enough, he also needed to put his trip into the book... making it extremely disjointed. Yes, I understand why Tony went on the trip, but the tonal shift was so jarring. And the end? It literally came out of nowhere. I am so confused.
It feels like Evelyn Waugh just needed to let off some steam after his divorce and decided he wanted to write about divorce so wrote about it without coming up for a real reason for a divorce. Sure, Brenda's bored, but she largely wants to get divorced because the plot needs her to. I know, that's kind of the point but that's also kind of lazy writing.
Then Evelyn Waugh decided his divorce wasn't enough, he also needed to put his trip into the book... making it extremely disjointed. Yes, I understand why Tony went on the trip, but the tonal shift was so jarring. And the end? It literally came out of nowhere. I am so confused.