Review: This is the best yet
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 14, 2013
firstly, a word about the writing. i love the happy medium and the evolution of it. at first it was very compact and full of flavor and style. but it has since evolved to open up a bit (while holding onto all of the style and that compact feel) and this suits as the main character is opening up in tandem with the writing. i found that to be very clever and makes for an engrossing read. also i believe i will have to go back to the start once it is all finished and re read because i am sure, at this point, there are things that i have missed or have been elaborated on later and i havent yet thought about it. there is so much depth to the character and the story.Oliver has a bit of a dual character going on. He has been raised in an aristocratic background but he finds himself working as a male prostitute. that would sound very simple considering he is down on his luck in many ways. but there is so much more to it than that and the story really does unravel in this volume. this one has two stories entwined and evolving together in a manner that was so well done and very relevant to Oliver as a character. there is the grown adult Oliver and the childhood experiences of Oliver and they move along together in alternating chapters. the purpose of this, i believe, was to show that basic egocentrism that Oliver has been clinging to all his life. the writer spoke of how it has effected him in his life and all those cynical views he holds onto. In this volume i came to appreciate Olga much more as she is his perfect match and through her manner, Oliver finally takes that step into adulthood that was so long in coming and finds an understanding that he sorely needed to find.the character, like the plot, like the writing- all evolving as one in a story full of depth.