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A review by naimfrewat
The Catherine Wheel by Elizabeth Harrower
3.0
I'll give Elizabeth Harrower another chance. I think she captured well the inner workings of a psyche gradually drawn down into a destructive obsession. What I did not like was the simplistic plot, which would have made this book a tedious read had it been lengthier.
Sums up the book nicely:
" As if love ever lasted! As if it could or should! Of course it might..."
While the style seemed, for the most part, pretty straightforward, there were some notable sections that I captured for future reference.
"And now the reasons for those tears were like a presence in the room, implacable, forcing me to know what I would not: that my tears were for a lost simplicity, for a failure I would lack the innocence to repeat. "
Sums up the book nicely:
" As if love ever lasted! As if it could or should! Of course it might..."
While the style seemed, for the most part, pretty straightforward, there were some notable sections that I captured for future reference.
"And now the reasons for those tears were like a presence in the room, implacable, forcing me to know what I would not: that my tears were for a lost simplicity, for a failure I would lack the innocence to repeat. "