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A review by darcislibrary98
London Fields by Martin Amis
3.0
London Fields
Book Number: 74
‘Written Samson Young is staring death in the face.
Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting to be narrated.
At its centre is the mesmeric, doomed Nicole Six, destined to be murdered on her thirty-fifth birthday. Around her: disreputable men, one of whom might yet turn out to be her killer. All Samson has to do is to write Nicole’s story as it happens, and savour this one last gift that life has granted him.’
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been in a reading slump or what. But I struggled to get into this book. The chapters just seemed long and the story was hard to follow.
The story constantly switches between characters and an unreliable narrator. I can swear where Amis was coming from, in the sense of wanting the reader to do some of the work. Trying to figure out who the murderer would be, how they all would be tied together. But it just gets tiresome throughout the book.
If you want a straightforward murder mystery plot line, then stay away from this.
3/5*
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Book Number: 74
‘Written Samson Young is staring death in the face.
Void of ideas and on the verge of terminal decline, Samson’s dash to a decaying, degenerate London has brought him through the doors of the Black Cross pub and into a murder story just waiting to be narrated.
At its centre is the mesmeric, doomed Nicole Six, destined to be murdered on her thirty-fifth birthday. Around her: disreputable men, one of whom might yet turn out to be her killer. All Samson has to do is to write Nicole’s story as it happens, and savour this one last gift that life has granted him.’
I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been in a reading slump or what. But I struggled to get into this book. The chapters just seemed long and the story was hard to follow.
The story constantly switches between characters and an unreliable narrator. I can swear where Amis was coming from, in the sense of wanting the reader to do some of the work. Trying to figure out who the murderer would be, how they all would be tied together. But it just gets tiresome throughout the book.
If you want a straightforward murder mystery plot line, then stay away from this.
3/5*
#books #bookshelf #bookblogger #bookreview #books #bookstagrammer #bookshelves #igreads #goodreads #booklover #reader #londonfields #martinamis