A review by harpyd
The Last White Man by Mohsin Hamid

medium-paced

2.5

I liked this book, definitely an interesting concept. Not sure I fully understand what Hamid was trying to do, but a thought provoking read nonetheless. I did however really hate the writing style. It was just run on sentence after run on sentence, and felt like it was trying to be a stream of consciousness but from an omniscient third person perspective? I was just craving a full stop, I kept scanning down the page for one dying for a break in the long-winded meandering sentences. Kept getting lost in the sentences (maybe that was the point) and I never fully adjusted to the style I think. I also thought that the dialogue writing style kept changing- sometimes quotation marks, sometimes not, which I found a little confusing. Despite the ending feeling a little rushed, I did end up liking where the story went and the concepts it made me think about.