A review by annietaber
Close to Home by Michael Magee

challenging dark hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

One of the first modern working class novels I’ve resonated with. Somehow this book manages to be a compulsively easy read and a deep study of what it is to be young and working class in Belfast. I learned a lot and felt SO much for these characters. Heartbreaking (and somehow still hopeful??) meditation on the impossibility of escaping where we come from