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A review by catscodeandcake
The General's Daughter by Nelson DeMille
3.0
Very much of its time
For some reason, this book had been hanging around unread for some time in my kindle library. As much as in the past I’ve enjoyed DeMille’s books, something about this one just made me feel grubby reading it.
Perhaps it’s from growing up in the same period in which it was set, but it brought back plenty of memories and reflections on that time. I’m not sure I’d have liked the book more had I read it contemporaneously.
This is not really the author’s fault. It’s a difficult story told in a mass market paperback and then adapted for Hollywood. There was never going to be much nuance.
Overall, I’m glad to have finished the book and ticked it off, consigning it to a digital grave where it will never be reread. Let it be used some day as an exemplar of how people used to view women. And then buried.
For some reason, this book had been hanging around unread for some time in my kindle library. As much as in the past I’ve enjoyed DeMille’s books, something about this one just made me feel grubby reading it.
Perhaps it’s from growing up in the same period in which it was set, but it brought back plenty of memories and reflections on that time. I’m not sure I’d have liked the book more had I read it contemporaneously.
This is not really the author’s fault. It’s a difficult story told in a mass market paperback and then adapted for Hollywood. There was never going to be much nuance.
Overall, I’m glad to have finished the book and ticked it off, consigning it to a digital grave where it will never be reread. Let it be used some day as an exemplar of how people used to view women. And then buried.