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A review by juanluisgarciaa
Elizabeth Costello by J.M. Coetzee
2.0
I really struggled with this book, mostly because I really wanted to like it but I couldn't. The 'Lessons' or lectures rambled a lot, and were oftentimes unclear, which I am assuming was the intention but I still didn't enjoy reading 230 pages of that.
I only really enjoyed one lesson - 'The Novel in Africa' - and it wasn't even given by Elizabeth Costello herself, maybe that's why I liked it. I don't know... I disliked her character, I disliked her son, and I disliked her son's wife. I would've much preferred if this was about some of the surrounding characters, such as Emmanuel or Costello's sister Blanche, instead of her.
I only really enjoyed one lesson - 'The Novel in Africa' - and it wasn't even given by Elizabeth Costello herself, maybe that's why I liked it. I don't know... I disliked her character, I disliked her son, and I disliked her son's wife. I would've much preferred if this was about some of the surrounding characters, such as Emmanuel or Costello's sister Blanche, instead of her.