I listened to The Exhibitionist audiobook last year (read by Juliet Stevenson - fab), and really enjoyed it. The reviews for it seem to be very mixed, though I can see how that's the case - pretty much all of the characters are hugely unlikeable which is really jarring to get past. I found the portrayal of a powerful man who takes his younger, talented female student under his wing and marries her, then forces her into a position where she's not allowed to outshine him interesting and believable, almost in a 'can you believe this?' unbelievable kind of way, and told in a way that isn't heavy or emotionally draining, more of a cocked thumb and eye roll commentary, which I thought to be quite unique and smart.
That said, I haven't seen Succession, so my experience of the book wasn't compared to that!
I listened to The Exhibitionist audiobook last year (read by Juliet Stevenson - fab), and really enjoyed it. The reviews for it seem to be very mixed, though I can see how that's the case - pretty much all of the characters are hugely unlikeable which is really jarring to get past. I found the portrayal of a powerful man who takes his younger, talented female student under his wing and marries her, then forces her into a position where she's not allowed to outshine him interesting and believable, almost in a 'can you believe this?' unbelievable kind of way, and told in a way that isn't heavy or emotionally draining, more of a cocked thumb and eye roll commentary, which I thought to be quite unique and smart.
That said, I haven't seen Succession, so my experience of the book wasn't compared to that!
Definitely feel your thirties piece!