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A review by fizzbitch
Blott On The Landscape by Tom Sharpe
5.0
A very funny and lighthearted book that is really appreciated in troubled times as these. Some of the jokes are not really appropriate for our current times, but as a piece of its time it's fantastic.
One more thing I really admired is the agency of the characters. Something I've missed in a lot of recent novels. But in this one it feels like a chess game between the three parties with different agenda's, that's constantly on the move. One person acts, and another counters. Not merely reacting, not letting the plot happen to them, but being an active participant. And that's a good thing to see in both protagonists and antagonists.
One more thing I really admired is the agency of the characters. Something I've missed in a lot of recent novels. But in this one it feels like a chess game between the three parties with different agenda's, that's constantly on the move. One person acts, and another counters. Not merely reacting, not letting the plot happen to them, but being an active participant. And that's a good thing to see in both protagonists and antagonists.