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A review by sharondblk
The Standing Chandelier: A Novella by Lionel Shriver
2.0
Lionel Shriver has written a few really good books (Big Brother, The Post-Birthday world, we Need to Talk about Kevin) a few books based on good ideas that don't quite work, mainly because she seems to struggle with endings (Game Control, New Republic).
This novella feels like it could be the result of a writing prompt - Take two old friends, add in a new girlfriends, see what happens. that's not the problem. The problem is the verbosity, the over writing and the lack of anything really happening. The characters characters are explained in great detail though, so there is that.
This was free through Kindle Unlimited, but I regret the hour and a half I wasted reading it.
This novella feels like it could be the result of a writing prompt - Take two old friends, add in a new girlfriends, see what happens. that's not the problem. The problem is the verbosity, the over writing and the lack of anything really happening. The characters characters are explained in great detail though, so there is that.
This was free through Kindle Unlimited, but I regret the hour and a half I wasted reading it.