A review by cestelaine
The Weekend by Charlotte Wood
2.0
A bunch of intensely unlikeable & sordid characters, inflicting wounds onto themselves and one another.
I didn’t enjoy the prose, the details were monotonous and exasperating (we all know what cicadas sound like & what an old dog looks/smells like - no need to keep mentioning it in every other paragraph), and the lean on cliches and ageism was quite frankly offensive.
I could not wrap my head around why these people were ‘friends’. The toxicity made me feel sick.
Can’t recommend this at all.
I didn’t enjoy the prose, the details were monotonous and exasperating (we all know what cicadas sound like & what an old dog looks/smells like - no need to keep mentioning it in every other paragraph), and the lean on cliches and ageism was quite frankly offensive.
I could not wrap my head around why these people were ‘friends’. The toxicity made me feel sick.
Can’t recommend this at all.