carolinetew 's review for:

Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee

3.0

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This descending from a book to a project. At first I was intrigued by the premise and the interesting narrative style. Quickly, I got bored of the prose and started to find it grating (which is perhaps the point, and call me a traditionalist, but real ones will know that never works for me). By the end, it wasn’t a story so much as a prop used for the author to talk about late stage capitalism and student loan debt. Which are important issues but also there’s only so much a girl can take. I just wish the allegory was a little more complex or less one to one or something, but the narrative leaves you no room to breathe or interpret.