A review by periklis
A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks

3.0

It's a book with a remarkable lack of plot. Even at its end, when all the parallel stories are to find some kind of conclusion, the book fails to reach any remarkable crescendo. The book is divided into seven chapters, one for each day of the week that the story supposedly takes place in. However, the author really uses the book as an opportunity to talk (mumble?) about the heroes' lives, with a vast number of flash-backs which break any sort of cohesion in the narration. I cannot say that I did not enjoy familiarising with the characters and reading many of the thoughts conveyed in the books. However, more often it made me feel as in my working week: looking forward to its end...