Kaya's review of The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Kaya's review
rating:
recommended for:
Everyone over the age of 20 that often finds themself wondering about...stuff.
status:
Read in February, 2008
To say anything about this book would be a spoiler of some sort. Don't read the back cover or the inside flap or the intro or anything else. Just know that this is the greatest book that I have ever read. I think I'm at the perfect age to really get this book, too, whereas had I read this in high school or even as an undergrad I don't think it would have affected me as deeply.
This book has got the best of both worlds as far as story and writing goes. It's enjoyable at the sentence level - there's a zinger in every paragraph - sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking. Had I not checked the book out from the library, I'd have read with a highlighter in tow.
"I had an impression, in the dusk of the hall, of a man with a handsome actor's face-a face that looked at itself too often in mirrors, a taint of vulgarity, and I thought sadly and without satisfaction...[omitted for your reading pleasure:] Then he came through into the light of the lamps. The gross livid spots w...more
This book has got the best of both worlds as far as story and writing goes. It's enjoyable at the sentence level - there's a zinger in every paragraph - sometimes funny, sometimes heartbreaking. Had I not checked the book out from the library, I'd have read with a highlighter in tow.
"I had an impression, in the dusk of the hall, of a man with a handsome actor's face-a face that looked at itself too often in mirrors, a taint of vulgarity, and I thought sadly and without satisfaction...[omitted for your reading pleasure:] Then he came through into the light of the lamps. The gross livid spots w...more
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