A review by zoerezek
The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A somewhat heavy story, a lost young man with a complicated family running away from himself/running towards himself, holding the door open for himself. His new life made me feel the isolation and the weight of his problems sitting on his chest. He meets an artist and his wife, and that just becomes another complicated set of relationships he can’t escape. Well written, it was a one day read of a trip into Prague for a series of tragic complex relationships. Not in love with the story, but I would definitely read more of his work.