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A review by susannah_n
Inland by Téa Obreht
3.0
This book was fine; the writing in some places captivating and insightful. I was engaged more with Nora's story than Lurie's, and I had hoped that this would not be another contemporary novel in which dual narrative threads were created for unclear reasons, but it was. In fact, this seemed like two novellas of the American West, which had even less connection than most contemporary novels I've read that use dual narratives.
Two novellas of the American West would have been better. Shared themes across them could have worked, as would a slight link between them. But these two stories were separate within the same novel, and this habit among writers always seems to be the result of an inability to be comfortable with following one narrative thread.
Two novellas of the American West would have been better. Shared themes across them could have worked, as would a slight link between them. But these two stories were separate within the same novel, and this habit among writers always seems to be the result of an inability to be comfortable with following one narrative thread.