A review by thbarretta
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

2.0

Would’ve given this three stars but the ending was weak, clichéd, flat. Good character sketches that hang together by virtue of being about prison or breaking the law or having loosely held, if any, morals. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but in this case, there were too many loose ends left untied by the end.

Excellent writing. As often happens with contemporary fiction, I’m carried through it by the excellent writing. I was also carried through this one by wanting to see Romy somehow reconnected with her son.

Kushner’s depictions of prison life are terrific in every sense of the word.