A review by hickey_mt
The Altruists by Andrew Ridker

3.0

This book’s cover is emblazoned with glowing blurbs from Nathan Hill (author of The Nix, which I loved) and Gary Shteyngart (whose work is genuinely funny). The latter described this book as “super-funny”, which is a shame, because it isn’t. That creates a false expectation about what’s to come, which, put simply, is another dysfunctional middle-class Jewish family story.

I enjoyed the beginning and the end, but it flounders in the middle. I almost abandoned it, but I am glad I didn’t.

All that said, Andrew Ridker shows real talent as an author and I’ll certainly read whatever he does next.