lmrajt 's review for:

The Compound by Aisling Rawle

4.0

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was a book club book and it got the job done - very polarizing! In some ways it was a light palate cleanser about a near-dystopian reality show ("Big Brother meets The Hunger Games.") In another way it was a grim meditation on our late-stage capitalist hellscape. I thoroughly enjoyed it - very thought-provoking but also entertaining as hell.