cmhguy1975 's review for:

Zoo City by Lauren Beukes
3.0

You have to commend Beukes for a strikingly original idea that enables the plot to move into some very unusual directions (the undertow). I wanted to love Zoo City, but it's plot is often disjointed and a little hard to follow. At first I was concerned it was simply "going over my head" but the narrative just falls flat. Her efforts don't seem to harness the grand imagination that Beukes clearly has.