book_nut's review against another edition
4.0
I only read the first one -- Fifth Business -- which I found immensely fascinating, though, honestly, I don't think I could tell you what it was "about". I'll probably get around to reading the other two in this series, eventually.
emgem647's review against another edition
2.0
Impossible to get through. Long winding passages with not much substance.
vgk's review
5.0
This is a wonderful book. The third book in the trilogy does drag slightly in parts, but interestingly I was never tempted to skim it. The first two books are delightful, and the third is well worth the effort. This is a book that will stay with me. I loved it.
artist_lace's review against another edition
3.0
The Deptford Trilogy does a wonderful job of interconnecting the lives of it’s three main characters. They were all born in the town of Deptford in Canada, and while each book focuses directly on the life of just one character, both Fifth Business and World of Wonders (books 1 and 3 of the trilogy) share the same narrator.
I found Fifth Business very interesting, but my favorite book of the series was The Manticore. It was fun to read one novel right after the other. I think I got the most out of the books, reading them when all the details from the previous books were still fresh in my mind.
I found Fifth Business very interesting, but my favorite book of the series was The Manticore. It was fun to read one novel right after the other. I think I got the most out of the books, reading them when all the details from the previous books were still fresh in my mind.
writerlytype's review
3.0
These were assigned back in Uni but re-reading them now it seems I only ever read the first one. I re-read the first with ease -- although a little dismayed at the cardboard female characters (did I miss that originally or did I just erase it from my memory?). Made it about three quarters of the way through the Jungian therapy middle book and now it is time to put it down. Husband suggested we skip ahead in case it gets more interesting, but if that's the case I'd rather just put it down and start fresh with a different book.
angie_ranck's review against another edition
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape
thecommonswings's review against another edition
5.0
An extraordinary piece of work. I think Fifth Business is the richest of the three novels, but Davies weaves ideas and allusions and concepts dizzyingly through all three whilst never feeling like he’s showing off. There’s a sense of being told a long and fascinating (and sometimes rambling, in the best sense of the word) story by the very best storyteller imaginable. It feels intimate, it feels universal, it feels like one of the most satisfying books I have ever read. Triumphant