A review by blchandler9000
Amnesia Moon by Jonathan Lethem

2.0

I had mixed feelings about this book. Lethem created several interesting ideas, but I felt as though he didn't follow through with them. As a dystopia novel, it has lots to offer, but forces the reader to imagine the majority of details and reasons for the story's background and logic. And maybe that's what Letham wanted the reader to have to do—the book is, after all, about people's dreams, perceptions, and reality.

As for characters, I liked Chaos and especially the hirsute girl, Melinda. Letham does a good job of creating likeable people caught in unlikeable scenarios.

This was my first foray into Letham's work (aside from a short story in The New Yorker) and I'm curious about his other books.