jessonick 's review for:

High Dive by Jonathan Lee
3.0

Disappointing. I don't have a lot to say about this book except that, for me, it didn't live up to the (substantial) hype. It was slower than I would have expected for a story that could have added so much color to an intriguing and puzzling historical event. The three main characters had little depth, despite heroic efforts by the author to illuminate the mundane details of their thoughts and lives. I just didn't feel any strong empathy toward them, and I wasn't desperate to find out what happens to them.

What I will say, is that the writing is lovely. Jonathan Lee's prose flows beautifully across the page, and I often found myself muttering passages aloud because hearing them in my head didn't do the writing justice. I only wish his elegantly written story had picked up speed.