Reviews for Reflexions

The average rating for Reflexions based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-03-04 00:00:00 Perry Tollefson Exhausting. One could only hope for the cash, and more importantly, the stamina to live as Olney did. One grand repas after the other. After reading "Reflexions", one begins to feel that to begin a meal with anything less than Krug would be out of the question. Delightfully bitchy in places--Julia Child and M.F.K. Fisher are taken down a notch or two. No one knew French cooking like Olney, his books should be sought out by anybody with even a passing interest in cuisine, French or otherwise. The somewhat tedious compilation of these posthumous memoirs will alienate the general reader, while the specialist will find much to delight in. Another reviewer has likened it to a diary--I think it closer to an opera by Handel--sumptuous little arias nestled between overlong yet essential recitatives. Vive Richard Olney!

Review # 2 was written on 2016-10-30 00:00:00 Tina Jones I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. It is a difficult read. Olney really needed a ghost writer and editor to turn the endless lists of fascinating people and names into a more interesting narrative. It is just too self indulgent and narcissistic for anyone outside of his world to enjoy.