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A review by nobodyatall
Mountolive by Lawrence Durrell
2.0
This third novel in the Alexandria Quartet switches to a different narrator from the previous two and changes quite dramatically in style. Durrell's prose is still beautiful and engaging, but I didn't find this novel nearly as enjoyable as the previous two.
Of the three books I've read so far in the quartet, all of them have a layer of dismissive colonial racism in them and a similar current of misogyny. The first two books were good enough for this to spoil but not break them, whereas this novel seems more offensive more frequently, and combined with the change in style it just isn't an enjoyable or recommendable book.
Of the three books I've read so far in the quartet, all of them have a layer of dismissive colonial racism in them and a similar current of misogyny. The first two books were good enough for this to spoil but not break them, whereas this novel seems more offensive more frequently, and combined with the change in style it just isn't an enjoyable or recommendable book.