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A review by eleellis
Lamentation by Joe Clifford
3.0
I wanted to like this novel more than I did, but it was still good. It's not a long novel, under 200 pages.
The book is about two brothers where one has typically been in and out of trouble his entire life and of the younger brother that is trying to get by and is barely doing so.
In some ways, the novel is about the working class versus the upper class and how those of the working class seem to always be turned to pulp by the struggles of every day life.
Most believe the worst about the older brothers and when those with power are searching for him, many believe what happens to him is probably what he deserves.
Upbringing and what happens to people as youth and how it later impacts one's life is a theme of the book, with, to me, the resolution of these lessons being the weakest part of the novel.
Still, it is not a bad novel to spend time reading.
The book is about two brothers where one has typically been in and out of trouble his entire life and of the younger brother that is trying to get by and is barely doing so.
In some ways, the novel is about the working class versus the upper class and how those of the working class seem to always be turned to pulp by the struggles of every day life.
Most believe the worst about the older brothers and when those with power are searching for him, many believe what happens to him is probably what he deserves.
Upbringing and what happens to people as youth and how it later impacts one's life is a theme of the book, with, to me, the resolution of these lessons being the weakest part of the novel.
Still, it is not a bad novel to spend time reading.