Daniel's review
Depths: A Novel
by Henning Mankell
I didn't rate it quite as low as you but agree that the main character was completely revolting - so narcissistic that the women's fate didn't even register. I have to wonder about the author - his crime novels are compelling but hugely violent too.
Daniel's review
Depths: A Novel by Henning Mankell
Daniel's review
rating:
recommended for: nobody
I have not the words to describe just how much I disliked this book.
The main character is so unremittingly horrible, so entirely devoid of any worth, that it is difficult to find anything positive in reading of his experiences.
The prose is nothing special, the story unremarkable, and the only character of note so hideous that it is difficult to comment on anything else.
For whatever reason I read it to the end, thinking perhaps something would change, but it did not, and the main character only grew more repulsive as the book progressed.
The main character is so unremittingly horrible, so entirely devoid of any worth, that it is difficult to find anything positive in reading of his experiences.
The prose is nothing special, the story unremarkable, and the only character of note so hideous that it is difficult to comment on anything else.
For whatever reason I read it to the end, thinking perhaps something would change, but it did not, and the main character only grew more repulsive as the book progressed.
I didn't rate it quite as low as you but agree that the main character was completely revolting - so narcissistic that the women's fate didn't even register. I have to wonder about the author - his crime novels are compelling but hugely violent too.