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A review by jl27
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
3.0
It took me entirely too long to finish this book! I knew nothing about this one when I picked it up. At no point did I want to DNF it, so I cant explain why it took me twice as long to read as other books.
The reviews I read in the 3-4 stars range mostly reflected what I thought about this book:
-- it was a slog
-- it was a lot of introductions to characters that didn't really... do anything
-- a lot of irrelevant gossip from, by, and about the old Savannah crowd
-- the writing was good, but not transcendent in any way
-- how was it such a solid bestseller for so long?
And my own take:
-- when you introduce me to a drag queen in an 80s book, you had BETTER make her a significant presence. Alas, we did not get our fair serving of The Lady Chablis, who was one of my favorite parts of this.
The reviews I read in the 3-4 stars range mostly reflected what I thought about this book:
-- it was a slog
-- it was a lot of introductions to characters that didn't really... do anything
-- a lot of irrelevant gossip from, by, and about the old Savannah crowd
-- the writing was good, but not transcendent in any way
-- how was it such a solid bestseller for so long?
And my own take:
-- when you introduce me to a drag queen in an 80s book, you had BETTER make her a significant presence. Alas, we did not get our fair serving of The Lady Chablis, who was one of my favorite parts of this.