A review by neftzger
Fishbowl by Bradley Somer

4.0

In the 4 seconds that it took Ian the goldfish to fall from the 27th floor of an urban apartment building, we get a very full picture of life within The Seville on Roxy and the events leading up to what Ian witnesses on his way down. The stories of the characters are nicely woven together and show that despite all our differences, there are still ways in which the members of the human race are very much the same, and that loneliness is a universal problem.

The author does a great job of examining the theme of loneliness, the various forms, and the different ways to resolve it. Connection is at the core of being human, but sometimes it takes a goldfish to notice.