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A review by martuchi
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Elizabeth Costello is such a snob, annoying, close-minded, weird little old woman. I couldn’t empathize nowhere with her. She believes she’s better than anyone else, and she’s too radical while having an opinion on absolutely everything—even when she implies she never has an actual belief.
She’s too stubborn, while I understand she’s supposedly old and tired. She’s a book character, and has to have at least me likable characteristic. She had none, in my opinion.
Coetzee may be a Nobel prize winner, but this book should have disqualified him from the award. Elizabeth Costello is a pretentious novel about a boring old-woman’s life, who no one cares about; and even if she’s so famous and loved by every reader on earth, manages to make her pretty intriguing and amazing life, into a somewhat uncharismatic and uninteresting story.
She’s too stubborn, while I understand she’s supposedly old and tired. She’s a book character, and has to have at least me likable characteristic. She had none, in my opinion.
Coetzee may be a Nobel prize winner, but this book should have disqualified him from the award. Elizabeth Costello is a pretentious novel about a boring old-woman’s life, who no one cares about; and even if she’s so famous and loved by every reader on earth, manages to make her pretty intriguing and amazing life, into a somewhat uncharismatic and uninteresting story.