Sera's Reviews > A Maggot

I found this book to be very strange. At the end of the book, there is an author's note, wherein Fowles describes what he was trying to accomplish when writing the novel. Instead of the note providing an illuminating experience, I found myself scratching my head even more, because I didn't really buy into Fowles attempt to get to B from A.

I found the first half of the book to be pretty interesting, but the second half - not so much. The book is a murder mystery and what happened in relation to the murder is primarily told through a series of interrogations between law enforcement and a series of witnesses/suspects. As we get closer to the end of the book, the whys and the hows start to become even stranger as well. I believe that if Fowles would have written the book that he said that he wanted to write here, I would have enjoyed the story much more.

My GR friends have informed me that no Fowles book is alike. Since that is the case, I will give Fowles another go in the future.

Overall, I'm not sure for a first time reader of Fowles, that this one is a good book with which to start.