A review by prcizmadia
Zazen by Vanessa Veselka

5.0

This is really leaning hard towards five stars, because the world that Veselka created, and the characters she put in it, are so unbelievably engrossing that I devoured this book in a very short time. I love that she does not wander the well-worn path of trope in examining the psychology of terrorism and social critique, and instead presents a fresh take on the topics that is scarily relevant in the consumer and fear-addled world we live in. I do feel like some themes that were mined for symbolism in the beginning were cast aside as the story went on, but this does not detract at all. When she pulls the noose tight on the story, it really is a work of art.