I had high expectations of this book. It centred around a group of friends sitting out the pandemic in the country. Senderovsky lived with his wife and daughter on a sprawling estate with several bungalows for his friends to live in safely and socially distanced. It started well but didn’t really go anywhere.
Each of the friends had different reasons for staying but these were never fully developed. As each person was focussed on although there was little to like about them, their characters were fairly one dimensional. There were affairs which were shrugged off without any reasoning behind them. The handyman was mentioned frequently but had no real part in the book. I got that it was a struggle during lockdown but felt this book didn’t really explore the issues fully.
I finished the book but found the last few chapters strange. It almost felt as though there was so much more to say about Sendorovsky, Karen and Vinod in particular but it didn’t get said. Karen and Vinod were the most likeable characters of an odd bunch. I would have preferred a book with less characters and more substance to them.
Each of the friends had different reasons for staying but these were never fully developed. As each person was focussed on although there was little to like about them, their characters were fairly one dimensional. There were affairs which were shrugged off without any reasoning behind them. The handyman was mentioned frequently but had no real part in the book. I got that it was a struggle during lockdown but felt this book didn’t really explore the issues fully.
I finished the book but found the last few chapters strange. It almost felt as though there was so much more to say about Sendorovsky, Karen and Vinod in particular but it didn’t get said. Karen and Vinod were the most likeable characters of an odd bunch. I would have preferred a book with less characters and more substance to them.