A review by snowmaiden
The Sunken Cathedral by Kate Walbert

4.0

A slight, but thoroughly enjoyable, novel about the occupants of a small area of Chelsea. I have no idea why this book has gotten so many bad reviews here, although I suspect it was marketed to people who were never going to appreciate it. (If you find footnotes bothersome, this is not the book for you!) And yet the footnotes here aren't just a gimmick. They exist to tell us the thoughts that people can't begin to express in their daily lives. (In my opinion, a reader would be better off skipping the text than skipping the footnotes, since that's where some of Walbert's most poetic writing can be found.) You could read this in an afternoon if you wanted to, but I found it best to savor the writing and let it linger.