What is the last book you read, and your rating?
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Re: What is the last book you read, and your rating?
Rated the book 4 out of 4 stars. I enjoyed the humor and the originality of the plot the most.
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The first was Three Novellas (The Ladybird; The Fox; The Captain's Doll) by D H Lawrence. Written in Lawrence's normal elegant style, the three novellas cover a period around the end of WWI and are set in England and Germany.
Unfortunately, none of the three yarns quite reach the heights of Lawrence's more well known novels, but they are enjoyable and relatively satisfying in their own way. If you are a fan of Lawrence, these three novellas, first published in 1923, are definitely worth the short time it will take to read them.
Secondly, Underground Man by Mick Jackson. This peculiar novel is based loosely on the real life character of the fifth Duke of Portland, William John Cavendish-Bentinck-Scott, although the narrative is primarily a work of fiction.
The story, which is a rambling series of anecdotes, is told mostly as entries from the Duke's personal journals, and is therefore a first person account. Interspersed among the Duke's own words are occasional short chapters containing the observations of members of the Duke's household of of acquaintances.
The Duke is nothing short of extremely eccentric, as well as very wealthy. The Duke is also obsessed with his own health and various ailments to an extent bordering on hypochondria.
In the latter part of the story, the Duke develops a fascination with phrenology, which leads him ultimately to experiment with the art of trepanning upon his own head. One suspects the Duke has gone just a little bit (or a lot) mad!
This is mostly a fun romp, a light-hearted portrayal of a very eccentric English noble and those who serve his whims, and is not to be taken too seriously.
I am giving both of these books 3.5 stars out of 5
The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald
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