A review by souldentist
Arcadia by Iain Pears

hopeful slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

Genre fiction written by a white dude from Oxford, for sure. The way Pears writes his women in this book is pretty gross - the mathematician character is literally mentally powered by hysteria and her motherly instincts, and the teen girl ends up just supporting a male character's redemption arc. 

"What if stories were literally real life" would have been a neat 500 word prompt for a grade schooler but it's groan-worthy by the end of Arcadia.