A review by merricatct
Zazen by Vanessa Veselka

3.0

This was really well-written, and I found it really compelling - but I also didn't really like it. I almost felt forced to read it, and I don't know if it's because it was fascinating or because I was hoping to make some sense of it. Probably both. The main character seems to be going through a mental breakdown as the world around her devolves into dystopian violence, but the people around her seem oblivious to what's going on, instead focusing on their sex parties and vegan recipes and yoga classes. There's a farm commune, revolutionary parents who relive their child's unfortunate and early death from years ago, domestic terrorism, rat cemeteries ... this was a very odd book.