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A review by one4_thebooks
The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
1.0
Good lord, this was bad. I'll confess that I didn't but skim the rest of it after about two-thirds of the way through.
It had so much promise, the premise of this book. I've been wanting to read some of Mailer's stuff. I'm sorry I picked this as my first. No wonder this book cost less than 5 dollars in hardcover at Barnes and Noble.
It was disgusting. I've read some gross things before, but this was unnecessarily disgusting. No thanks, Mailer, I'd really rather not read about an old man and a young boy having sex. Seriously? Was that necessary? That's where I gave up.
I understand that this was supposed to be the first in a trilogy...so I guess I'm willing to let it slide that almost none of the story centered around Adolf Hitler himself. But it was still disappointing.
Please do yourself a favor and never read this. Read something else by Mailer, but not this.
It had so much promise, the premise of this book. I've been wanting to read some of Mailer's stuff. I'm sorry I picked this as my first. No wonder this book cost less than 5 dollars in hardcover at Barnes and Noble.
It was disgusting. I've read some gross things before, but this was unnecessarily disgusting. No thanks, Mailer, I'd really rather not read about an old man and a young boy having sex. Seriously? Was that necessary? That's where I gave up.
I understand that this was supposed to be the first in a trilogy...so I guess I'm willing to let it slide that almost none of the story centered around Adolf Hitler himself. But it was still disappointing.
Please do yourself a favor and never read this. Read something else by Mailer, but not this.