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A review by aniennis
A Modern Comedy by John Galsworthy
5.0
It is physically impossible to write a review for an entire trilogy, but I will say the two main things I have in my mind after spending almost a month and a half with the Forsyte family by my side:
- I love them deeply, and it is quite a feat because these are very flawed people, some in ways that seem irredeemable, and yet, by the end I had grown fond of the majority of them. The politics played a big part in this one, which was a change from the previous trilogy, and I have to admit a lot of that went straight over my head because I wasn't invested enough in figuring it out, but I was invested in some parts of it, which is also an impressive achievement for Galsworthy. Kudos, old boy. These books were a ride, and as someone who is *obsessed* with character development, these are now at the top of many of my mental lists. Good stuff.
- Clearly, parental death, specifically fathers dying, is a pretty universal experience, and it seems to be something with many layers in most literary cases, as it is in life. It makes for interesting content, but I do wish I could stop running into it so often. This trilogy and the previous ones made me sob unexpectedly a few times, but it wasn't its fault as much as it was my own grief shining through. Still had a good time reading it though.
- I love them deeply, and it is quite a feat because these are very flawed people, some in ways that seem irredeemable, and yet, by the end I had grown fond of the majority of them. The politics played a big part in this one, which was a change from the previous trilogy, and I have to admit a lot of that went straight over my head because I wasn't invested enough in figuring it out, but I was invested in some parts of it, which is also an impressive achievement for Galsworthy. Kudos, old boy. These books were a ride, and as someone who is *obsessed* with character development, these are now at the top of many of my mental lists. Good stuff.
- Clearly, parental death, specifically fathers dying, is a pretty universal experience, and it seems to be something with many layers in most literary cases, as it is in life. It makes for interesting content, but I do wish I could stop running into it so often. This trilogy and the previous ones made me sob unexpectedly a few times, but it wasn't its fault as much as it was my own grief shining through. Still had a good time reading it though.