ocean_cactus's review
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
spygrl1's review
2.0
Forgery is intriguing, but the intrigue doesn't amount to as much as I'd hoped.
Rupert Brigg is dispatched to Greece on a dual mission: find antiquities for his "uncle" and recover from grief over the death of his son. He seems most interested, however, in consuming an ocean of alcohol. Questions of authenticity and artifice run through his misadventures with a suspicious journalist, and angry artist and his promiscuous wife, and other vacationing intelligentsia.
The closing post-Greece chapters feel cursory, a rush to a slight conclusion.
Rupert Brigg is dispatched to Greece on a dual mission: find antiquities for his "uncle" and recover from grief over the death of his son. He seems most interested, however, in consuming an ocean of alcohol. Questions of authenticity and artifice run through his misadventures with a suspicious journalist, and angry artist and his promiscuous wife, and other vacationing intelligentsia.
The closing post-Greece chapters feel cursory, a rush to a slight conclusion.
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