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A review by cdcsmith
Room at the Top by John Braine
3.0
I really want to know why David Bowie had this on his top 100 list. The thing is, I do think it redeemed itself (for me) by the end, but not enough to make it even a 4 star book.
It reminded me of a lot of other things I've read, not in its entirety, but seemed to have shades of other books as inspiration. The two in particular being The Great Gatsby and An American Tragedy. I'm not as familiar with the social hierarchy in England, but it seems that both sides of the pond were similar.
For the most part, I disliked most of the people in the story. Not all of them. Some of the lesser characters were decent, but mostly it seemed that everyone was very selfish.
It reminded me of a lot of other things I've read, not in its entirety, but seemed to have shades of other books as inspiration. The two in particular being The Great Gatsby and An American Tragedy. I'm not as familiar with the social hierarchy in England, but it seems that both sides of the pond were similar.
For the most part, I disliked most of the people in the story. Not all of them. Some of the lesser characters were decent, but mostly it seemed that everyone was very selfish.