emfiliane reviewed Grendel by John Gardner
Review of 'Grendel' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
I liked this book, I just didn't terribly enjoy it. I loved many turns of phrase throughout, but the way they were strung together felt tenuous at best. Very punctuated and matter-of-fact. It's hard to write a book with so much anger, sadness, and fatalism, and I felt like I'd learned something and could empathize so much... I just didn't enjoy reading it.