A review by rosekk
City of Saints and Madmen by Jeff VanderMeer

4.0

The book veered wildly form being funny to deeply disturbing, which would usually be a problem with a book, but somehow it worked in this particular book. I enjoyed the book veering from different writing styles, and randomly returning to themes from sections of the story before in a way that unexpectedly connects things. The book is decidedly post modernist, with 'truths' established at one part of the book unravelled later on. The only reason I haven't given it 5 stars is that at times its atmosphere put me in a terrible mood, and I can't give 5 stars to something that can ruin my mood even when I'm not reading it.