laurakandro 's review for:

Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane

3.0

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Fairly enjoyable, not very memorable. A look at a period of northern Irish history seldom discussed. Like others said, read more like a memoir than anything with a series of vignettes from a childhood and a touch of adulthood. It’s a character study more than anything with so many throw-away characters it can be difficult to keep track.
I wouldn’t NOT recommend. But just like the secret the narrator wants everyone to slowly forget, I’ll forget this book in a couple of years myself.