A review by eemilycolleen
The Latinist by Mark Prins
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
marius, he thought. marry us.
holy shit holy SHIT did i fucking love this. obsession & authorship & love & chekhov’s marble bernini sculpture paperweight!!!! i loved the oxford/italy setting and the pacing and the PROSE and the poetry shit — it’s all so excellent. but the shining star of this book are tessa and chris themselves, so thorny, so pricked with every emotion. it takes VERY careful writing to make the reader this ambivalent about such a fucked-up scenario, but prins pulls it off with absolute confidence. goddamn goddamn
holy shit holy SHIT did i fucking love this. obsession & authorship & love & chekhov’s marble bernini sculpture paperweight!!!! i loved the oxford/italy setting and the pacing and the PROSE and the poetry shit — it’s all so excellent. but the shining star of this book are tessa and chris themselves, so thorny, so pricked with every emotion. it takes VERY careful writing to make the reader this ambivalent about such a fucked-up scenario, but prins pulls it off with absolute confidence. goddamn goddamn
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Violence