A review by schopflin
The Story of the Night by Colm Tóibín

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I found this book strangely uncompelling. I left it for a bit and really struggled to get back into it. I found it so hard to care about the characters or what they did. However it is well-written and by the end I was drawn in. What happens towards the end of the book is powerfully told. I appreciate that as a heterosexual woman I may be missing something specific to gay literature.