A review by karen_unabridged
A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor

2.0

Elizabeth (Coles) Taylor wrote in post-WW2 England just like D.E. Stevenson or Molly Clavering. And there the comparison ends, because where Stevenson is observant but gentle and forgiving, Taylor is observant, harsh, and wields her words like a scalpel. None of her characters are safe and therefore, no one in this story is particularly likable. (Maybe Stevie or Teddy, but they're children) This is not graphic like a modern story would be but it's sordid and vaguely discouraging.

I don't regret reading it, it's well written, but it's also not something I'd ever read again.