"I don't know what I expected, but I expected something"
Another hard
fought tick of the 1001 books to read list down for the year and this one
proved an initially difficult read. Engagement with the convoluted plot and
diverse characters was particularly challenging, right up until the final few
chapters.
Strangely enough,
it was the ending which completely drew me in and made me re-evaluate my
initially negative response to the text. The books is quite postmodern, a book
within a book, challenging the divisions between the real and imagined.
It is the story
of 15 year old Alma Singer that drew me in, one of a number of tales that
appear completely independent save for their interaction with the book The
History of Love. The mystery that surrounds the book and its authorship
almost make it another character in of itself.
4 out of 5 books are full of love.
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