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A review by naomi_fearnon
Matrix by Lauren Groff
3.0
I loved the idea of this book, but unfortunately in practice it was a really hard read.
I thought this book’s main strength was in its depiction of the abbey as an institution; underscoring that institutions are run by people and not by divine intervention. What frustrates me however was how we went from her lowest point (more or less suicidal) to then overnight taking over the abbey entirely and fixing it in such a short space of time, when it had been crumbling at the seems prior. We didn’t move with her, it’s like we were given snippets from the end results of a few poignant events.
What this did make me realise though is that I just don't get on with Groff's writing on a sentence-by-sentence level; I find it very laboured and there's just no build up or climax to it for me for me. This was a bit of a chore to get through honestly, which is odd to say as it's such a short book! I admire completely what Groff was trying to do with this book, but it didn’t work for me :(
I thought this book’s main strength was in its depiction of the abbey as an institution; underscoring that institutions are run by people and not by divine intervention. What frustrates me however was how we went from her lowest point (more or less suicidal) to then overnight taking over the abbey entirely and fixing it in such a short space of time, when it had been crumbling at the seems prior. We didn’t move with her, it’s like we were given snippets from the end results of a few poignant events.
What this did make me realise though is that I just don't get on with Groff's writing on a sentence-by-sentence level; I find it very laboured and there's just no build up or climax to it for me for me. This was a bit of a chore to get through honestly, which is odd to say as it's such a short book! I admire completely what Groff was trying to do with this book, but it didn’t work for me :(