A review by nichola
Web by John Wyndham
challenging
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
This is just somehow convincing me that Wyndham is more and more liberal than I thought. Don't mistake me, he was still a man of his time, but there are these tiny little moments and incidents that make you entirely review the world he is portraying. The man spend an entire chapter (a good chunk of this little novella) displaying the truly messy and problematic views around colonialisation. I am not even sure he knew he was doing it.
There is as always, the ideas that the whiteman knows best but that isn't a clear cut rule. The whitemen are stupid caricatures of the explorers and diplomats. Maybe I am giving this book too much credit but I do maintain that these books still have something about them that makes then infinitely readable.
There is as always, the ideas that the whiteman knows best but that isn't a clear cut rule. The whitemen are stupid caricatures of the explorers and diplomats. Maybe I am giving this book too much credit but I do maintain that these books still have something about them that makes then infinitely readable.