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A review by schwimfan
The Castle in the Forest by Norman Mailer
2.0
This was my first Noman Mailer novel. I appreciate his prose, but he is very preoccupied on the psychosexual. While I don't find anything inherently wrong with this, parts of the novel felt... forced? Maybe I missed some of the points he was attempting to make.
I found The Cast in the Forest hard to get into. It started strong, waivered, and finished strong for me. I think part of this was definitely me adjusting to Mailer. By the end, once I got acclimated to the characters, I really enjoyed them. For a book I struggled to stay interested with at times, the last third or so of the novel was a breeze and Alois, Sr. is one of the more memorable characters I've read lately.
I found The Cast in the Forest hard to get into. It started strong, waivered, and finished strong for me. I think part of this was definitely me adjusting to Mailer. By the end, once I got acclimated to the characters, I really enjoyed them. For a book I struggled to stay interested with at times, the last third or so of the novel was a breeze and Alois, Sr. is one of the more memorable characters I've read lately.