Rezension zu "A Theatre for Dreamers: The Sunday Times bestseller" von Polly Samson
I actually don't know what to say about this book.There were times I got swept away in it and could feel the sun,the breeze,taste the alcohol... I felt I could have been there.There were times I felt like it was a soap opera with a bit more sunshine than we get in our normal ones. There were (many) times (especially around the middle part) I skipped a page because it just didn't hold my attention.
Mainly the novel focuses on a lot of young, beautiful, talented people lounging around in the sun, on an idyllic Greek island in the 1960s. The descriptions of the island are very evocative, but heavy-handed at times. The narrator is irritating, there are too many characters, and not much happens. We don't get a strong sense of Marianne or Leonard either. It certainly seems like it was a fascinating time and place, but the book wasn't as fascinating. I don't really know If there was either too little of the famous Mr. Cohen or too much.