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A review by aoifeh_doheny
Good Behaviour by Molly Keane
3.0
My mistake was misreading "unlovely" as "lovely" on the summary when I first picked this book up. I'm prone to findng unsympathetic main characters a bore, and from the very beginning Aroon proves herself to be very unsympathetic. And yet as the story goes on, you can't help but root for her in the face of her mother's withering attitude and sympathise with her loneliness and delusion.
And then as the end approaches, we are shown once more the sheer arrogance and haughtiness that, according to this book, characterised the old Anglo-Irish world.
A portrait of the last gaps of a fading world, clinding to its meticulous customs and rituals. It's demise is seen in the falling fortunes of Temple Alice, and the pathetic self-belief of Aroon herself.
(To be honest, I preferred [b:The Age of Innocence|53835|The Age of Innocence|Edith Wharton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388248423l/53835._SY75_.jpg|1959512].)
And then as the end approaches, we are shown once more the sheer arrogance and haughtiness that, according to this book, characterised the old Anglo-Irish world.
I was, after all, Aroon St Charles.
A portrait of the last gaps of a fading world, clinding to its meticulous customs and rituals. It's demise is seen in the falling fortunes of Temple Alice, and the pathetic self-belief of Aroon herself.
(To be honest, I preferred [b:The Age of Innocence|53835|The Age of Innocence|Edith Wharton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388248423l/53835._SY75_.jpg|1959512].)