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The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
4.0
This was a hard read to get through, only because the language is so intricate and beautiful that at times I had to reread several sentences or paragraphs. The story itself, centers around the main protagonist, Nick Guest who is an aesthete in the middle of political and social turmoil.
While Nick's story is not straight forward in terms of what will happen in his future, the shadow of AIDS that Hollinghurst paints in Nick's life give us a foreshadowing that this will not have a happy ending. Each character has so many facets and angles that you truly feel like your part of Nick's inner circle.
The writing combined with the themes and symbols found in The Line of Beauty makes this book beautiful but also tragic. Though at times hard to read I found myself engrossed in the story through and through.
While Nick's story is not straight forward in terms of what will happen in his future, the shadow of AIDS that Hollinghurst paints in Nick's life give us a foreshadowing that this will not have a happy ending. Each character has so many facets and angles that you truly feel like your part of Nick's inner circle.
The writing combined with the themes and symbols found in The Line of Beauty makes this book beautiful but also tragic. Though at times hard to read I found myself engrossed in the story through and through.