A Book a Week – Of Human Bondage

When I was in high school, three of us did a report on Somerset Maugham. At the time, I read The Moon and Sixpence by him and loved it. Since that I hadn’t read anything else by him so when my book club picked Of Human Bondage, I was excited to read it.

As it turned out, I didn’t really enjoy this very long and very slow book nearly as much. There were several interesting bits and some good characters. But overall, I didn’t care for the main character which often ruins the book for me right there. And then to have it go on and on and on with more characters that were just as unappealing was just more depressing.

So if you’re thinking of reading Maugham, I recommend The Moon and Sixpence. A much better read.