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azedd_ 's review for:
Sons and Lovers
by Geoff Dyer, D. H. Lawrence
More than 2.5 but definitely less than 3 stars.
Right, so the first read of 2022 was pretty much a disaster. No one should start off their year this way.
The story is of a boy named Paul who is so emotionally attached to his mother that he is unable to develop enduring connections with other women. The only reason I give this book 3 stars - or any for that matter - is because of the first 6 chapters (since Paul does not come to life in the first half) and the beautiful, omniscient storytelling technique Lawrence uses. The storyline, otherwise, was terrible; the characters were terrible (our Mr. Protagonist definitely was). The plot seemed repetitive at a lot of places, and Paul literally gaslights everyone. Come to think of it, his mother should have put him up for adoption as soon as he was born.
Right, so the first read of 2022 was pretty much a disaster. No one should start off their year this way.
The story is of a boy named Paul who is so emotionally attached to his mother that he is unable to develop enduring connections with other women. The only reason I give this book 3 stars - or any for that matter - is because of the first 6 chapters (since Paul does not come to life in the first half) and the beautiful, omniscient storytelling technique Lawrence uses. The storyline, otherwise, was terrible; the characters were terrible (our Mr. Protagonist definitely was). The plot seemed repetitive at a lot of places, and Paul literally gaslights everyone. Come to think of it, his mother should have put him up for adoption as soon as he was born.