Arthur HelpsBesprekingen

Sounded interesting from the blurb on the back. A quote from book is the only way to convey how awful the writing is - and I can't quite pin down why it all sounds so dreadful. It reminds me of my son in primary school, having written a simple sentence, being asked over and over again to make it longer and more interesting!

"On thinking whom he resembled of the persons I had ever seen, I found that he reminded me most of the late Lord Herbert of Lea, a man who, even in a short and transient interview, never failed to impress you with a sense of his goodness and benevolence, and of his being one of the most perfect gentlemen that you had ever seen."

Paperback, read 2021

Sounded interesting from the blurb on the back. A quote from book is the only way to convey how awful the writing is - and I can't quite pin down why it all sounds so dreadful. It reminds me of my son in primary school, having written a simple sentence, being asked over and over again to make it longer and more interesting!

"On thinking whom he resembled of the persons I had ever seen, I found that he reminded me most of the late Lord Herbert of Lea, a man who, even in a short and transient interview, never failed to impress you with a sense of his goodness and benevolence, and of his being one of the most perfect gentlemen that you had ever seen."