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A review by lulumoss
The Golden Bowl by Henry James
1.0
How can anyone enjoy this thing? I have no problem with using five words where one will do, but This sumbitch uses 500 where one will do. Sometimes two or three densely-packed pages go by, with no dialogue and no action, and the sum total of what has been added to the story is “Maggie thought about something”
And even when there WAS conversation, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING! Then danced around their points, the flirted with their actual meanings, the repeated the last word that the previous person said.... aauugghh.
I thought maybe it was Henry James altogether, but then remembered The Portrait of a Lady, which I quite liked. So it’s just to this awful, awful book. Might have made an interesting short story, but a 600-pager? No thank you.
And even when there WAS conversation, NOBODY SAID ANYTHING! Then danced around their points, the flirted with their actual meanings, the repeated the last word that the previous person said.... aauugghh.
I thought maybe it was Henry James altogether, but then remembered The Portrait of a Lady, which I quite liked. So it’s just to this awful, awful book. Might have made an interesting short story, but a 600-pager? No thank you.