A review by allgutternopedestal
The Unicorn by Iris Murdoch

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

More exposition about the actual suspense than suspense/action. LOTS of interiority.

Never any real resolution.

No likeable characters in sight, except the

maids who up and leave while the main characters are falling apart.

Didja hate Hamlet's soliloquizing? Give him ecstasy (the drug) and imagine that as a whole book. I gave it 2 starts instead of 1 because at least Murdoch can describe a beautiful landscape - but she does so way too much, especially since where the whole story takes place is in-between two (castle-like) houses. A must if you need 1,000 ways to describe bodies of water.