A review by wendel
The Mosquito Coast by Paul Theroux

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Intriguing but not particularly ‘fun’ to read. Allie Fox is a clever engineer and inventor. He is also a paranoid bully, who will constantly change his narrative to fit his own ‘brilliance’. There’s a constant sense of foreboding, doom and destruction. Published in the 1980’s but still relevant in current times, where more and more people are fed up with society. The Mosquito Coast gives an example of what can happen to those who will persist in their own narrative.