Stephen Hayes reviewed The Complete Novels by George Orwell
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3 stars
Since this is a collection of novels, I'll comment on each one separately as I read it, on my Khanya blog, and when I've done with all of them may add some comments on the collected works here. I begin with [b:Burmese Days|9650|Burmese Days|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415573403s/9650.jpg|1171545], because that was the first one in the collection that I hadn't read.
The next one in the series is [b:A clergyman's daughter|319238|A Clergyman's Daughter|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420079227s/319238.jpg|1469726], to which I give only three stars. Not that it's a bad book, but it has some faults that I didn't see in [b:Burmese Days|9650|Burmese Days|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415573403s/9650.jpg|1171545].
[b:Coming up for Air|509080|Coming Up for Air|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348489395s/509080.jpg|848305] is a strange book. I was determined not to like it, and yet I felt compelled to finish it, though couldn't stand to read much more than a chapter a day; a page-turner it wasn't. It's about a fat middle-aged salesman living a …
Since this is a collection of novels, I'll comment on each one separately as I read it, on my Khanya blog, and when I've done with all of them may add some comments on the collected works here. I begin with [b:Burmese Days|9650|Burmese Days|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415573403s/9650.jpg|1171545], because that was the first one in the collection that I hadn't read.
The next one in the series is [b:A clergyman's daughter|319238|A Clergyman's Daughter|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1420079227s/319238.jpg|1469726], to which I give only three stars. Not that it's a bad book, but it has some faults that I didn't see in [b:Burmese Days|9650|Burmese Days|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1415573403s/9650.jpg|1171545].
[b:Coming up for Air|509080|Coming Up for Air|George Orwell|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348489395s/509080.jpg|848305] is a strange book. I was determined not to like it, and yet I felt compelled to finish it, though couldn't stand to read much more than a chapter a day; a page-turner it wasn't. It's about a fat middle-aged salesman living a dull middle-class life in a dull London suburb, who goes out to get his new set of false teeth. On thje way he sees a poster about King Zog's wedding, and that sets him off reminscing about his childhood in a small town in Oxfordshire. One expects the memories to last for a chapter or two, but they go on and on and on.
