Moorlock reviewed The end of the affair by Graham Greene (Penguin classics)
Review of 'The end of the affair' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I didn't mind [b:Brighton Road|490127|Brighton Road|Susan Carroll|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189907s/490127.jpg|478361] at all, and I put up with [b:The Heart of the Matter|3692|The Heart of the Matter|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266448657s/3692.jpg|3266950] when it took its turn, but [b:The End of the Affair|29641|The End of the Affair|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239559671s/29641.jpg|267229] is just too damned Catholic-angsty for me. I'm through with his arguing-with-God period.
I also thought the writing was really clumsy. He's gone for a first-person narrator, but then has to use devices like verbatim reports from private investigators, quoted entries from purloined diaries, and letters arriving late addressed from the deceased... all unconvincingly and conveniently worded to advance the plot.
I didn't mind [b:Brighton Road|490127|Brighton Road|Susan Carroll|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175189907s/490127.jpg|478361] at all, and I put up with [b:The Heart of the Matter|3692|The Heart of the Matter|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266448657s/3692.jpg|3266950] when it took its turn, but [b:The End of the Affair|29641|The End of the Affair|Graham Greene|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1239559671s/29641.jpg|267229] is just too damned Catholic-angsty for me. I'm through with his arguing-with-God period.
I also thought the writing was really clumsy. He's gone for a first-person narrator, but then has to use devices like verbatim reports from private investigators, quoted entries from purloined diaries, and letters arriving late addressed from the deceased... all unconvincingly and conveniently worded to advance the plot.
