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A review by moony_reads
Our Evenings by Alan Hollinghurst
slow-paced
ARC REVIEW
Being granted this ARC is one of my biggest achievements as a reviewer.
Alan Hollinghurst is one of the greats, and Our Evenings helps prove that.
It is a completely engrossing novel following the life and times of a gay, mixed-race man from the time of his birth in 1948 to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each character is brilliantly written and show their character types and tropes well without being stereotypical.
The plot can drag a little, but this is common with Hollinghurst’s work and allows the novel to read like a lived experience.
The prose is captivating and so remarkably Hollinghurst, and the novel’s ending is handled really well.
Hollinghurst is a true, inspiring novelist.
Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan/Picador for the ARC.
Being granted this ARC is one of my biggest achievements as a reviewer.
Alan Hollinghurst is one of the greats, and Our Evenings helps prove that.
It is a completely engrossing novel following the life and times of a gay, mixed-race man from the time of his birth in 1948 to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each character is brilliantly written and show their character types and tropes well without being stereotypical.
The plot can drag a little, but this is common with Hollinghurst’s work and allows the novel to read like a lived experience.
The prose is captivating and so remarkably Hollinghurst, and the novel’s ending is handled really well.
Hollinghurst is a true, inspiring novelist.
Thank you to Netgalley and Pan Macmillan/Picador for the ARC.