stagman407 's review for:

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

5.0

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This might be my favorite book I’ve read this year so far and I can already tell it’s one I’ll be returning to for years to come. Maugham’s style and insertion of himself as the narrator, popping in and out of the lives of the characters really elevated their humanity and made them feel so much more real. The story’s setting in the 1920s and the narrator’s status as an outsider who becomes increasingly intertwined with the cast of characters reminded me of The Great Gatsby, which is also one of my favorite books. Loved the emphasis on the complexity of humanity and the multitude of ways people seek fulfillment in life to discover their own definition of its meaning.