A review by asphaltmonkey
The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza by Cyril Wong

2.0

Unfortunatly less stellar than I'd hoped. After the first two chapters or so, I could signpost where it was heading, and none of the major plot points shocked me at all. It was simply too bland, and for something so life changing, that's criminal. And perhaps shock wasn't the point, perhaps psyche was meant to be the focus, but that didn't draw me in either. It was too draggy, yet too underdrawn. Her self-pity was way too cloying. I'd enjoyed Cyril's short stories, and perhaps that was what this novel should have been.