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A review by gwendle_vs_literature
The Manticore by Robertson Davies
3.0
I want to be able to rate this higher as this is a trilogy I’d like to recommend, but The Manticore is definitely the weakest of the three books.
The narration feels contrived, and the exchanges between David Staunton and the doctor even more so. Overall there’s an artificial flavour that’s characteristic of quite a bit of literature of the era and which I find I need to be in the right mindset for.
I would recommend Fifth Business to nearly anyone, but The Manticore and World of Wonders don’t make it into my “must read” Canadian Literature canon.
The narration feels contrived, and the exchanges between David Staunton and the doctor even more so. Overall there’s an artificial flavour that’s characteristic of quite a bit of literature of the era and which I find I need to be in the right mindset for.
I would recommend Fifth Business to nearly anyone, but The Manticore and World of Wonders don’t make it into my “must read” Canadian Literature canon.