A review by theodoreeeeeeads
Sons And Lovers by Geoff Dyer, D.H. Lawrence

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

An interesting novel! DH Lawrence hooks you in and takes you down a long and complex path exploring human relationships and the effects of parenting, love, lust and loss. 

Freud walked so this book could run. This book is the poster-boy for Oedipus and a Sigmund sensation. Paul is the ultimate red-flag mamas boy, sacrificing nearly everything for his mum. 

I found the abstract ideas about love difficult at times, for example him belonging to someone and having someone and loving someone are all different things. The fickle emotions and how quickly the characters flitted between loving someone and hating someone was strange but interesting to read about.

It hooked. me. in. So much better than Lady Chatterlys lover.

The ending was light where it couldve been dark but when it came it was underwhelming.

At times it was giving Morrissey.