The Blindfold by Siri Hustvedt – 3 Stars (Rounded up)

[Hannah]

I found this book quite difficult to get into - the book was quite dark and the story was a bit oppressive, which meant that I didn’t necessarily want to reach for it at the end of a long day at work. I didn’t identify with the protagonist or understand her relationships with the four men that this book details. The inter-connected stories weren’t fully resolved, and that is something that I personally don’t like. The protagonist seemed to be over-dramatic at times, but her character began to make more sense to me in the second half of the book.