Karellen’s Reviews > The City Changes Its Face > Status Update

For some reason this reminds me stylistically of another novel I abandoned years ago. But I’m sticking with this one. Heaven knows why. It’s pretty tedious stuff.

Hugely original but somehow infuriating. No idea why. She’s one of our best new writers. And this is well observed. It’s uncannily accurate. I mean having lived the London life. With an older partner too. It’s not exactly the same but I can empathise with the narrator. Apart from the Irish angle.
Now I wish it would go somewhere.

Here we go again. I’m struggling once more. Still almost 300 pages to go and floundering. Claustrophobic, ingenious prose, makes this an intense read. We’ve met these characters before but somehow it’s different. Not enjoying it yet as much I expected to. Sadly. ☹️