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A review by susysstories
De regen voor hij valt by Jonathan Coe
2.0
2.5 stars
It just didn’t work for me... Aunt Rosamund leaves a couple of tapes, telling her history, her niece/blood sister Beatrix’s and Imogen’s using photographs which she describes in detail. Reading it however I don’t hear Rosamund’s voice but the writer’s. I just don’t feel that the words used are hers, it’s the writer telling a story, they’re HIS words. I don’t know if this is the reason why, but I just didn’t feel any connection to or sympathy for the characters, Rosamund in particular (even though I do acknowledge the transgenerational problems). I even rolled my eyes a couple of times. It was only in the last chapter that I felt something (although I wouldn’t call it shocking and gripping, only in comparison to the rest maybe).
It just didn’t work for me... Aunt Rosamund leaves a couple of tapes, telling her history, her niece/blood sister Beatrix’s and Imogen’s using photographs which she describes in detail. Reading it however I don’t hear Rosamund’s voice but the writer’s. I just don’t feel that the words used are hers, it’s the writer telling a story, they’re HIS words. I don’t know if this is the reason why, but I just didn’t feel any connection to or sympathy for the characters, Rosamund in particular (even though I do acknowledge the transgenerational problems). I even rolled my eyes a couple of times. It was only in the last chapter that I felt something (although I wouldn’t call it shocking and gripping, only in comparison to the rest maybe).