A review by dessa
The Hundred-Year House by Rebecca Makkai

5.0

This novel is written chronologically, but backwards - which is really, really cool and effective. But also the sections became smaller and smaller as the narrative went further and further back in time, which meant spending less and less time with each set of characters, which meant spending the least amount of time with the characters I found most compelling.

Reread July 2019: what quibbles I had in my original review. This book is a masterpiece full stop. And now also I really want to open an artists’ colony.