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A review by eri_123
In the Night of Time by Antonio Muñoz Molina
2.0
I only finished this book by giving myself a square of chocolate after each chapter as it was so tedious.
The unlikeable, vague, even a little asshole-y Ignacio Abel does three things in 641 pages: leave his hotel, rush to get on a train, and then get off the train. The rest of the tumultuous events occur in flashback with inconsistent perspectives and insufficient punctuation. The run-on sentences are magnificent, but I'd love a few more full stops.
The last quarter of the book, where the pace increases dramatically, was a shocking portrayal of war and its ramifications for individuals, and a very detailed, emotive insight into the Spanish civil war, but the first section of the book was self-indulgent and dull. If you can slog through the former, the latter is rewarding, but it's such hard work to get there.
The unlikeable, vague, even a little asshole-y Ignacio Abel does three things in 641 pages: leave his hotel, rush to get on a train, and then get off the train. The rest of the tumultuous events occur in flashback with inconsistent perspectives and insufficient punctuation. The run-on sentences are magnificent, but I'd love a few more full stops.
The last quarter of the book, where the pace increases dramatically, was a shocking portrayal of war and its ramifications for individuals, and a very detailed, emotive insight into the Spanish civil war, but the first section of the book was self-indulgent and dull. If you can slog through the former, the latter is rewarding, but it's such hard work to get there.