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funnyguy69 's review for:
Groundskeeping
by Lee Cole
challenging
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thank you to Lee Cole, Knopf Publishing Group, and Goodreads Giveaways for the free copy of Groundskeeping!
Groundskeeping by Lee Cole is a novel about Owen, a man who seems lost and is meandering through life. Owen meets Alma, a writer doing a fellowship at the college he works at. Despite coming from two entirely different backgrounds, they are drawn to each other. The story loosely follows their relationship, but it goes much deeper than that.
If there were a checklist, Groundskeeping would check all of the right boxes. The characters are well-developed, the relationships feel realistic, and the writing in the story is excellent. The book is not plot-driven, it is driven almost entirely by Owen's internal monologue. He is a complex character that is intriguing to read about. That being said, I was never able to click with any of the characters and as a result, it was difficult to sympathize with them, especially Owen. The more likable characters were characters that we saw little of. I also didn't like the absence of quotation marks in the dialogue, but that's a personal preference.
Overall, I enjoyed Groundskeeping. I probably won't read it again, but it was good to read once.
Groundskeeping by Lee Cole is a novel about Owen, a man who seems lost and is meandering through life. Owen meets Alma, a writer doing a fellowship at the college he works at. Despite coming from two entirely different backgrounds, they are drawn to each other. The story loosely follows their relationship, but it goes much deeper than that.
If there were a checklist, Groundskeeping would check all of the right boxes. The characters are well-developed, the relationships feel realistic, and the writing in the story is excellent. The book is not plot-driven, it is driven almost entirely by Owen's internal monologue. He is a complex character that is intriguing to read about. That being said, I was never able to click with any of the characters and as a result, it was difficult to sympathize with them, especially Owen. The more likable characters were characters that we saw little of. I also didn't like the absence of quotation marks in the dialogue, but that's a personal preference.
Overall, I enjoyed Groundskeeping. I probably won't read it again, but it was good to read once.