The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne by Brian Moore (March 2023)

[WndyJW]

Very good review, Brian. The only Brian Moore novel I completed was The Magician's Wife, which I must not have been impressed with since I gave it 3 stars and didn’t write a review. I tried to read The Mangan Inheritance, but it wasn’t working for me at all so it’s DNF and I won’t be trying it again, an adult man sleeping with the teenage cousin he just met was too off-putting.

[Tania]

I finished this one this mornin.g. I agree with what everyone has already said here, it was just devastating, but the writing was marvellous. It reminded me a lot of The Rector's Daughter which was also a sort of last hope, maybe affair of another woman who had been a carer for an aged relative. I think Judith was lucky not to have ended up with Madden, but she didn't, and for her to have that hope which was then dashed, was very damaging.

[Nigeyb]

Spot on Tania

[WndyJW]

I’m so pleased Judith was well received. To be honest I had forgotten how sad it was! I remembered that it was a sad situation, but not how dark it all got.