A review by tifferschang
Stone Arabia by Dana Spiotta

3.0

Perhaps it was because the book took me awhile to finish. But I thought Dana Spiotta's novel was average. I loved her character of Nik Worth and I truly admire her ability to write and describe every nuance and detail of this character. Similarly I enjoyed the character of Denise. My main complaint is Spiotta's usage of real-life events. I can appreciate their necessity in showing Denise's reaction to them as a means in adding greeting depth to this character. But the same could've been done with fictional "news events." instead. I was left distracted, believing that Spiotta wanted to say more with it. But that is my only minor complaint on an average book - that perhaps the author was trying to do too much. Otherwise, "Stone Arabia" was interesting, but not compelling.