A review by skmatson10
Angels & Insects: Two Novellas by A.S. Byatt

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

This book is extraordinarily well written especially considering it’s time. If I hadn’t known better I would’ve thought it was a true Victorian gothic novel. The first novella I was more interested in plot wise, the second I’m sure I would have been more engaged with if I was in a different headspace but I just couldn’t concentrate on something so intellectual and convoluted. I also wasn’t as interested in the poetry in the second and I didn’t feel like I knew the history of the poets well enough to understand.