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A review by kate_elizabeth
The Barrowfields by Phillip Lewis
3.0
2.5 stars
Slow, slow, slow, slow start that eventually picked up. I've read other reviews of this book that acknowledge the relative lack of plot but say the beautiful prose makes up for it, which I disagree with - Lewis is a talented writer, but he seemed to be trying to write like an author from a different era (confusing, since the book is set in modern times), and his words ultimately aren't enough to save the book. It got better by the end, but if we were face to face and you asked me if you should read this book, I'd probably respond with a shrug.
(Buller, it goes without saying, is the best part of the whole book.)
Slow, slow, slow, slow start that eventually picked up. I've read other reviews of this book that acknowledge the relative lack of plot but say the beautiful prose makes up for it, which I disagree with - Lewis is a talented writer, but he seemed to be trying to write like an author from a different era (confusing, since the book is set in modern times), and his words ultimately aren't enough to save the book. It got better by the end, but if we were face to face and you asked me if you should read this book, I'd probably respond with a shrug.
(Buller, it goes without saying, is the best part of the whole book.)