samanthalydon 's review for:

The Stranger by Albert Camus
4.0

People often discuss the experience of "staring into the void", and this book is the best explanation of the void that I've ever encountered. It's radically straightforward in prose, plot, and theme, and maintains a signature matter-of-fact neutrality that makes the main character inscrutable (for much of the story) even from a first-person perspective. Instead of offering a graphic representation of nihilism, The Stranger portrays it as aimless and empty.