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milo10000 's review for:
A Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood
dark
emotional
funny
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A book I'd like to sit with and maybe come back to. Isherwood's portrayal of George's grief and how it informs his everyday life is moving and genuinely haunting. His overthinking how he presents himself to the world is something I connected very deeply with.
Isherwood also uses the book to meditate on the role of experience and the Past (capital P) in all of our lives, with different characters representing different points of view more explicitly throughout the book. The last third or so, as George gets drunk, becomes more and more explicit on this theme.
Isherwood also uses the book to meditate on the role of experience and the Past (capital P) in all of our lives, with different characters representing different points of view more explicitly throughout the book. The last third or so, as George gets drunk, becomes more and more explicit on this theme.