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Jun 03, 2016haileyj rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Although I enjoyed this novel it was often too wordy and the circumstances too grim. Maugham's ability to describe a character is extremely vivid and real but I sometimes felt I didn't want to know any more about an individual's depravity. Phillip's destructive infatuation with Mildred was so grim and tawdry that I kept hoping he would simply grow up and move on. I couldn't empathize with his inability to stop loving her.