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A review by kansasreadsalot
Sons and Lovers by Geoff Dyer, D.H. Lawrence
3.0
3.5 stars (kinda spoilery review)
If this book didn’t solely focus on Paul for the second half, I think I’d have enjoyed it more. The first half wasn’t so bad and I found Paul to be a much more interesting character as a child and as a teenager… as an adult, he was boring. I’m not sure why there were so many chapters focusing on him when he was the second of 3 sons. What about getting to know the third son a bit? I think I’d have rather had more from Arthur’s life as a soldier than so much droning on and on with Paul and his lackluster love life. It wasn’t even a little bit interesting to me.
If this book didn’t solely focus on Paul for the second half, I think I’d have enjoyed it more. The first half wasn’t so bad and I found Paul to be a much more interesting character as a child and as a teenager… as an adult, he was boring. I’m not sure why there were so many chapters focusing on him when he was the second of 3 sons. What about getting to know the third son a bit? I think I’d have rather had more from Arthur’s life as a soldier than so much droning on and on with Paul and his lackluster love life. It wasn’t even a little bit interesting to me.