I tried reading Waterland several years ago (perhaps around the time I took McMullen's class? Maybe even on her recommendation?) and was severely underwhelmed. The setting is interesting, but the plot devolves pretty quickly into Pre-Teen SexyTiems, and... blergh. Also, I vaguely remember some Freud in there. I'm not sure I ever bothered to finish the book. The language was fairly pretty here and there, but... meh. Maybe you'll be better than me at finding a redeeming quality to it.
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Date: 2010-08-29 02:49 am (UTC)