David Strand
An ambitious novel that occasionally soars only to plummet like an anvil pages later thanks to cringey characterizations and clunky dialogue that had me rolling my eyes—but perhaps that's all part of the larger point being made given the late-stage twist Powers deploys, which turns the entire book on it's head and makes the story into something much darker, sad, and quite depressing. I'm left with mixed feelings but my thoughts are racing so that's a sign this book left an impression and earns the appeal of being truly 'thought-provoking.
An ambitious novel that occasionally soars only to plummet like an anvil pages later thanks to cringey characterizations and clunky dialogue that had me rolling my eyes—but perhaps that's all part of the larger point being made given the late-stage twist Powers deploys, which turns the entire book on it's head and makes the story into something much darker, sad, and quite depressing. I'm left with mixed feelings but my thoughts are racing so that's a sign this book left an impression and earns the appeal of being truly 'thought-provoking.