A review by allisob
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

3.0

Promising a thought-provoking and certainly relevant premise, I had really high hopes for this book. That said, I was only especially interested in a few of the characters (namely Lincoln and Miles) and kept anticipating a more rewarding intersection of every story-line. The pay-off for investing in the details of these character’s lives felt.. minimal and anticlimactic. Perhaps if I had anticipated short stories with a through-line rather than a traditional story arc, I’d feel that Egan’s execution was stronger.

All of that said, rating this book a 3 feels a bit harsh- the writing is beautiful. Egan has a knack for capturing intimate moments of the human psyche and world-building a fascinating and all-too-familiar future.