A review by amyredgreen
The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

3.0

I’m kind of rounding up. This book is all over the place. Sometimes you’ll get a scene that feels so real and insightful, and then it’s followed by something totally inauthentic. I don’t know what’s up here, he can definitely write but does he have some hang ups or what? The scene where Ethan confronts Charlie is truly objectionable; I actually want an explanation for it, unless we’re just supposed to accept an extremely
binary view of sexuality. Almost lost a star for a “surprise! how did that happen idk” pregnancy because I hate that but I’ll let it slide. This was just kind of a mess to me.