A review by patrick_dale91
Trio by William Boyd

2.0

This was spectacularly, consistently mediocre all the way through: as if the book was happy to stay in second gear from start to finish. Three people, a closeted guy man, an alcoholic novelist and a famous actress are all connected with the making of a film, living secret lives in some shape or form. There was nothing good whatsoever about this book: the characters, the prose, the plot, all distinctly sub-par. The unbelievablitiy of it all really annoyed me as well, the quite blasé decisions of some of the characters on whims for staggeringly important decisions is both unreal and lazy writing; a good writer lays the groundwork in terms of innerthoughts and the such for their character's actions- no such thing here. A complete waste of time. I didn't actively hate it and hence the two stars