Under the Net by Iris MurdochMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
There are things I enjoyed about the book: interesting characters, humorous events, intriguing conversations. But overall the book doesn't hold together that well. It meanders too much, rather like the protagonist. There were far too many points where I was thinking where is this going? That can be good in a mystery or when there is a payoff for the confusion or ambiguousness, but this wasn't a mystery and the payoff wasn't all that much. I'm sure there is more going on, intertwined with Murdoch's philosophical ideas -- but the story itself doesn't give you too much reason to want to that work.
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