I N C L U D E S A F F I L I A T E L I N K S
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Title: A Ladder to the SkyAuthor: John Boyne
Published: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 419
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
All Maurice wants is to be a writer and he will stop at nothing to find a good story to write, and one day he meets a distinguished but lonely writer in Berlin who takes him under his wing and Maurice uses him to start off the successful career he's so desperate for.
Review:
This was a fantastic book to read, although I can see why it might not be for everyone.
The main character in here is one of the most unlikeable characters I've ever read about; he's a complete narcissist, he's cold, calculating and unloving. One thing I think that makes him bearable to read about though is that the whole story isn't told from his point of view, it's also told from the people around him, which I thought was really interesting and worked very well. I really liked getting to know all the characters in here and I really liked getting to know all of them.
I really like how this book is written and the themes it brings up; it discusses the darkness of humanity, sexuality, unbridled ambition and integrity. It has a story I was continuously intrigued by and it was infuriating in the best possible way; the dislike for the main character is what kind of keeps you going, because you want to see where he ends up.
I enjoyed reading all the different sections in here, but looking back at it, I think the first part is the best one and it loses a little of the magic as we go along.
I also really liked the setting of the literary world and reading about the characters roaming within it. The main character of this is one I'll not soon forget and I'd really recommend this if you like reading literary fiction and can handle reading about such a horrible person of a character without throwing the book across the room.
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