I understand why I'm supposed to like this critically-acclaimed-auctioned-for-more-than-half-a-million-bucks book, but increasingly, I question the people who decide what literary works are worthy. I'm tired of stories about white men. I'm tired of white male authors. These stories, including this o...
4 starsThis is one of the rare ones where I race to the finish the first time, just to find out what happens, and then immediately go back and start sections again, just to savor the prose. Understand me: I wouldn't call this "literary fiction," exactly--it's too real-world and action-y for that lab...
I'm kind of itching to give this one 5 stars. It is really fantastic in a way that not many books are. This is a book that I could imagine coming back to for a second or third reading. I can't really find a reason to not give it 5 stars. Excellent!
definitely lived up to expectations!
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