Reviews

this was unholy

“Is not the gown the natural raiment of extremity? What nation, what religion, what ghost, what dream, has not worn it- infants, angels, priests, the dead; why should not the doctor, in the grave dilemma of his alchemy, wear his dress?”

“Once I was remorseless, but this is another love- it goes everywhere, there is no place for it to stop - it rots me away. “ Such a strange and feverish book, dragging you headfirst through the tangle of the oddities of desire and love. Even if we love someone fully, and dangerously to the point of it consuming us, we may never truly know them and own them in turn as that love owns us.

this: https://www.theguardian.com/books/200...

This was like a surrealist film on paper. It was such a weird experience and I lost so many trains of thought. Very dream-like in the vague confusing way. Pages and pages of dramatic monologues that take up only minutes plot-wise and then fast snaps jumping years into the future in a sentence.

I loathed this book. The extremely long speeches by Matthew were right up there with the lack of plot, any likable characters, or real point. I had to read this for a book club or I would have thrown it into the garbage. I had heard good things, and I was horribly disappointed. Ugh. At least it's done.

















