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_coco_ 's review for:
A Single Man
by Christopher Isherwood
This is probably the closest to a five star I will ever give a book. It was so incredibly beautiful, and funny, and sad, and intelligent.
I knew it was going to be excellent from the first page, and it maintained that throughout. The prose was varied and blunt and poetic and observant. George felt real - he was flawed and loveable, and his desire to be known and seen felt palpable. His self-consciousness was depicted throughout so tenderly, and when it lifted it was always moving. The little academic tangents were fitting and enjoyable and the relationships were so fulfilling. The time span of the book - one day - was unexpected but worked so well to capture nuanced glimpses of grief and ecstatic peaks of joy.
It is rare that a book so short leaves such a mark.
I knew it was going to be excellent from the first page, and it maintained that throughout. The prose was varied and blunt and poetic and observant. George felt real - he was flawed and loveable, and his desire to be known and seen felt palpable. His self-consciousness was depicted throughout so tenderly, and when it lifted it was always moving. The little academic tangents were fitting and enjoyable and the relationships were so fulfilling. The time span of the book - one day - was unexpected but worked so well to capture nuanced glimpses of grief and ecstatic peaks of joy.
It is rare that a book so short leaves such a mark.