The Mars Room

I don't know what expectations I had with this book. I was looking for something different, something that could be amusing and intriguing, or maybe even a story that could get me in the genre. But it didn't happen. I tried really hard to enjoy the book, but it was so boring I couldn't push myself to even finish it. The main plot seemed somewhat interesting, though it's definitely not for me.




I won this book through Goodreads and I thank to publishers for providing me this copy. My review isn't influenced by this fact.

The moral of this story - that people and their choices are complex and someone's circumstances have an outsized role in shaping both her actions and their consequences - is worthwhile, although I hope not novel to any readers. But this book was too long and the characters were almost universally flat and unlikeable.

I listened to ~10% of the audiobook, but will dnf this now, because I'm not feeling engaged. The writing is fine, it's a simple lack of interest in the character/plot at this moment in time. What peaked my interest most were the Romy Schneider references. Not enough though.