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A review by wizard_of_uhhh
The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst
3.0
Ehhhhhhh.
If sprawling family sagas are your thing, you'll enjoy this. The writing is excellent, and the characters are convincing. The thing is though that reading this book helped me realise something: sprawling family sagas aren't my thing.
There's something about the way the story goes all over the place, spread out over decades, that just doesn't appeal. The book is divided into sections that take place in different time periods, and each one is too short for me, not going into enough character depth to hook me. I like my plot thicker and more centred somehow, I think.
I'm going to stop rambling now and find something more satisfying to read.
If sprawling family sagas are your thing, you'll enjoy this. The writing is excellent, and the characters are convincing. The thing is though that reading this book helped me realise something: sprawling family sagas aren't my thing.
There's something about the way the story goes all over the place, spread out over decades, that just doesn't appeal. The book is divided into sections that take place in different time periods, and each one is too short for me, not going into enough character depth to hook me. I like my plot thicker and more centred somehow, I think.
I'm going to stop rambling now and find something more satisfying to read.