The Reading List #14
Weekends are perfect for curling up with a new book, so here are my thoughts on the latest things I’ve been reading… History of a Pleasure Seeker, Richard Mason Piet Barol has found himself a job as a tutor in a wealthy Amsterdam mansion. The year is 1907 and he is a young man with big ambitions. The book follows his journey of self-discovery, and setting out on the path to earn his fortune. I enjoyed the ‘bildungsroman’ premise and the overall storyline, although some elements I found a little too far-fetched. There are some quite intense sexual scenes, which were slightly unexpected and maybe overplayed a little, but they don’t keep appearing throughout the whole story, so it does fit with the period of his life. Overall, it’s a pretty good book, but I wouldn’t shout about it from the rooftops; I feel like it’s something that has been told many times before. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows In 1...