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A review by laviskrg
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
3.0
I thought this would be a five star reading judging from the strength of the beginning but it really fizzled out to a non-ending unfortunately, and I don't refer to the main ending, but to the fact that too few characters got to a certain, clear point. Perhaps this was the point, but it made me drop a star from my final rating.
This book is both too short and too long. Too long for something that is not a story and too short for something that is a depiction of a horrendously flawed and messed up system. I wanted more, much more, and instead I got a very short version of "Orange is the New Black" but with fewer people I loved.
The main character I found to be dull, uninteresting, stupid and sort of misplaced, to be honest. I enjoyed almost all the other characters far more, except, of course, for Gordon Hauser who was either an intentional red herring or proof of bad writing.
Overall this book is well-written and insightful but it is insufficient. I wanted more but I do feel that this author can provide more so I will definitely read her again.
This book is both too short and too long. Too long for something that is not a story and too short for something that is a depiction of a horrendously flawed and messed up system. I wanted more, much more, and instead I got a very short version of "Orange is the New Black" but with fewer people I loved.
The main character I found to be dull, uninteresting, stupid and sort of misplaced, to be honest. I enjoyed almost all the other characters far more, except, of course, for Gordon Hauser who was either an intentional red herring or proof of bad writing.
Overall this book is well-written and insightful but it is insufficient. I wanted more but I do feel that this author can provide more so I will definitely read her again.