A review by spinstah
Girl in Landscape by Jonathan Lethem

4.0

This is another great Lethem novel. It is set in the future, at a time when the earth has become so polluted that we are setting up colonies on other planets. The novel follows the Marsh family, and in particular the daughter Pella. It picks up as they are finalizing their plans to move to the Planet of the Archbuilders, but the majority of the action takes place there. As you can see this is a sci-fi novel, but something about the way Lethem writes it makes it seem completely normal and plausible. For me, the sci-fi aspects didn't get in the way (but I do like some sci-fi, so keep that in mind). Otherwise, this is basically a story that tracks the disintegration of a family and a town (though there is some hope at the end).

I enjoyed this, and I think the audiobook was done quite well. Unlike "The Memory Keeper's Daughter," the transitions were much clearer (aided in part by longer pauses and some B-movie style music). The tracks were also much shorter and of a more consistent length.