The Collector

by John Fowles

Wow. Fred/Ferdinand/Caliban couldn't have picked a shallower, more self-righteous snob to kidnap than this Miranda.

Reading her part of the book (part 2) was so exasperating I was constantly on the verge of throwing it against the wall in frustration. Not that the writing was bad, mind you, but that woman is such a stuck-up idot! Fancies herself superior to, well, everyone, really (although she does admit at one point that she is only smarter than most men, not all). Also, she is constantly oozing drivel about one G.P., who apparently is the be all and end all. He sounds like the same arrogant idot she is to me.

The collector himself is, of course, a weirdo with no social skills whatsoever. After all, he kidnapped a girl to basically just look at her and be her friend. But I find it easier to sympathize with him than with his victim.

But then, maybe that was the point.

6/10