A review by pravda_iskra
The New Life by Tom Crewe

challenging sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.5

I must’ve read a different book than everyone else, because this was awful. 

The piss kink???

, the unnecessary attempt to adopt a 1890’s sense of dialogue to cover the bland, mechanical prose, and some of the most cringe, horrific sex scenes I’ve ever read in a novel. Henry is one of the most annoying characters I’ve had the misfortune of reading, and John one of the most selfish. He never once stops to consider the consequences of his actions until the last maybe 15 pages of the book.