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A review by mochavonbee
Waiting for Sunrise by William Boyd
2.0
Even though I often find William Boyd irritating and his characters not entirely engaging, I still enjoy reading him. This is my 3rd Boyd novel, but while it was quite a compelling read, the ending left me with lots of questions, most of them starting with Why?
Boyd's subject matter and time period in this novel (as in others) is similar to Evelyn Waugh, Somerset Maugham and Nancy Mitford, but as a contemporary writer his approach is a little different. I can never make up my mind whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, while the atmosphere and descriptions of turn of the century Vienna were excellent, there were too many loose ends and odd deviations that ended up going nowhere, so that overall, it was not a memorable work.
Boyd's subject matter and time period in this novel (as in others) is similar to Evelyn Waugh, Somerset Maugham and Nancy Mitford, but as a contemporary writer his approach is a little different. I can never make up my mind whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. In this case, while the atmosphere and descriptions of turn of the century Vienna were excellent, there were too many loose ends and odd deviations that ended up going nowhere, so that overall, it was not a memorable work.