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Title: A Depressing Read
Review: If you are suffering from some of life's tribulations at the moment, I suggest that you do not read this book. It is unrelentingly depressing. In following Cleasby and his inexorable slide from mere hero worship of Horatio Nelson to obsession and finally clinical madness, the reader is led down a very dark path indeed. If one word could be used to sum up this novel it would be: DISTURBING. The ending certainly shocked me, but on relection I realised that it shouldn't have. What happens is simply inevitable.Without a doubt Unsworth is an excellent writer. This was my first experience of him and, despite my view of this novel, his obvious talents as an author make me want to read more of his work. However, the bleakness of "Losing Nelson" made it impossible for me to enjoy and is my reasoning for giving it a two star rating.
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