Review by scarletkeiller - The Collector

scarletkeiller 's review for:

The Collector by John Fowles

4.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This is a really great read. Fowles not only writes a twisted male lead, but a complex and interesting female character. Her actions, emotions and thoughts felt honest and believable and I was so taken aback that a man wrote this character in the 60s! I loved this book!

I loved the perspective shift halfway through, the hope it gave me that she might find a way to escape, how it tricked me into feeling much the same as Miranda - blind hope that he might see the error of his ways and let her go. And then when the book reached its natural end, despite knowing it was coming, I was so full of sadness for her.

What an amazingly written story.

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