Albert Camus, The Outsider - Book Review

 I've entered this as 'read'  in my Goodreads listings because I can't get rid of the thing otherwise. I  tried reading it twice, haven't finished it and probably never will. Progress stalled, can't get on with it. Involving descriptions in places but no empathy with the characters. This is presumably what the author intended, but I find it off-putting.

I'm sure it's a very clever book, modernist, absurdist, Kafkaesque etc. Subject, alienation. My response was to become alienated, I couldn't be bothered with the protagonist, his surroundings or his life.

So I gave him two stars, maybe because Marie said he had a face like a funeral.

The gobbledegook below is supposed to be a link to the Goodreads post but they never even appear properly, never mind work as links. Which increases my sense of alienation...………….



 href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15686.The_Outsider" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="The Outsider" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435772042m/15686.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15686.The_Outsider">The Outsider</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/957894.Albert_Camus">Albert Camus</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2525726324">2 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />