Brideshead Revisited- Evelyn Waugh

I was truly looking forward to reading this book. I had seen the previews for the movie a while back and refused to watch it until I had read the book. It is definitely an interesting read, and I could see book being a very successful book club candidate as there is much to debate about the sexuality of a NUMBER of the characters and the role religion (or lack thereof) plays in a number of the characters. It is very much a period piece, and a fascinating look into that history and time. I was a bit surprised by how the book progressed and how it ended- and this isn’t because of some tawdry plot twist- I think I was just expecting the book to turn out differently. The descriptions and writing practically beg to be transformed to the big screen- I’ll have to make it a point now to watch both the movie version and the ‘80’s tv version (with Laurence Olivier!).

2 ½ bookworms. Not exactly recommended, but not exactly ambivalent about it either.