Tara's review
The Collector (Back Bay Books)
by John Fowles
Tara's review
The Collector (Back Bay Books) by John Fowles
Tara's review
rating:
bookshelves:
read-this-before-you-die
recommended for: Everyone with a brain!
This book first came to my attention randomly when I worked in a used book store, and it became one of those rare books I'll never let go of. It's the story of a rather dull, self-righteous, tedious British clerk whose only joys in life are collecting butterflies and keeping a close eye on a lovely art student he follows, yet has never met. When he wins the British equivalent of the lottery, he decides that he will add the girl (Miranda) to his collection.
The book is divided into three parts, beginning with Clegg's POV, switching to Miranda, and finally back to Clegg. Most terrifying is Clegg's complete indifference, indeed ignorance, to/of his evils. At no time does he feel he has done anything wrong; instead, he constantly bemoans and resents Miranda's attempts to escape. Much like Zombie, Joyce Carol Oates's first person novel loosely based on Dahmer, the reader is almost sucked into the narrator's warped logic. One's head clears a bit when reading Miranda's point of vie...more
The book is divided into three parts, beginning with Clegg's POV, switching to Miranda, and finally back to Clegg. Most terrifying is Clegg's complete indifference, indeed ignorance, to/of his evils. At no time does he feel he has done anything wrong; instead, he constantly bemoans and resents Miranda's attempts to escape. Much like Zombie, Joyce Carol Oates's first person novel loosely based on Dahmer, the reader is almost sucked into the narrator's warped logic. One's head clears a bit when reading Miranda's point of vie...more
