chloe_s_ 's review for:

The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst

1.25

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book was do hard to read. Some might even say torturous. There's not a single likeable character and as for the plot? It is both all over the place and non-existent. There was a few hopeful pages every now and then where I thought the tides could be changing but honestly I just hated it.