A review by briandice
Adore by Doris Lessing

2.0

I imagine that if a reader's first Vonnegut was Galapagos they might wonder what all the fuss was about - so Proustitute's warning about this being a lesser Lessing, as well as many trusted GR friends' accolades of her other works, I'm fully prepared to say I just got unlucky on choosing this novella (republished as a one-off, as I learned from Prou that this is one of the four novellas from [b:The Grandmothers|400608|The Grandmothers|Doris Lessing|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1356456238s/400608.jpg|2107289]) as my DL starter.

The characters, the idea for the story, the dialogue and pacing - not much of it worked for me at all. And then there were a few of these clunkers:

And alone, she felt uneasiness, and, indeed, awe. It was mad his demand on her. It really did seem that he had refused to think she might grow old. Mad! But perhaps lunacy is one of the great invisible wheels that keep our world turning.

I'm not about to give up on Lessing - and I'll take Prou's advice and read her work from the 60s / 70s as my next sampling.