trin's review
2.0
Collection of short essays about the New York City subway. I suspect I would have enjoyed this book more if I’d only read one or two pieces a week—not really feasible with a library book. Many of the essays are interesting, but read cover to cover, the collection becomes extremely monotonous. I also wish more of the writers had taken their essays to the next level: far too many are literally about the subway, with no connections made to larger themes. Really good essays, in my experience, tend to be about more than one thing—they have levels. (There’s a metaphor about the subway running beneath the city streets that I could go for here, but I’m not sure I have the energy.) Even for a book I came to with no expectations, this was underwhelming—not even worth reading to lighten the commute.
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