A review by lbb00ks
The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold

Although I understand that the maddeninly slow progression of plot in this novel mirrors the inner life of the novel's protagonist, ultimately this was unsatisfying to me. I enjoyed The Lovely Bones until the main character's sister discovers the truth about her death, then felt that everything that came after that was beside the point, and an odd message about redemption in the afterlife. I think this novel also has an end problem that is similarly unsatisfying in what is to be our ultimate understanding of why and how these events transpired.