“‘I suppose - in a way - we’d got to the end of love. There was nothing else we could do together. She could shop and cook and fall asleep with you, but she could only make love with me’”

I think Maurice Bendrix has become one of my least liked characters in all of literature. Don’t get me wrong, Graham Greene’s ‘The End of the Affair’ is filled with beautiful language. Like Mr. Greene knows how to write a sentence. But omg if Maurice Bendrix wasn’t such an annoying and horrible person! He cheats, he lies, he stalks, he’s an extremely jealous person, he’s arrogant. Even to the last page, as he’s cursing God (which is very ironic, ifykyk), he’s still so arrogant. Which is exactly why I believe you should read this book. Sometimes good books have very annoying and flawed characters.

‘The End of the Affair’ takes place during the London Blitz of World War II. Maurice has an affair with Henry Miles’ wife, Sarah. Sarah has a complicated relationship with religion and men, and this affects her relationship with them. Maurice then stoops to stalking and stealing extremely personal things to have Sarah become his. Very possessive person. This is my first Greene book! Enjoy!