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A review by libby_l96
Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin
4.0
At first I wasn't sure where this book was going to take me. There were sprinklings of dark satire throughout which resonated with my sense of wit, but I didn't understand their purpose.
Then the storyline started morphing and I could feel something twisted between the lines.
After a segue into Mona's memories or feelings, I would be suddenly reminded that the book is in the third person, which jarred me because it feels so close to first.
As the people around Mona become more volatile, and more of her memories are revealed to the reader, the puzzle starts to fall in to place - and it becomes harder to put the book down at the end of a paragraph.
It would be interesting to know whether the setting feels true to life to those who have been or lived in Taos or LA. I suppose the avoidance of descriptive detail there is fairly intentional...
Overall, this book really surprised me and I was sad for it to end, even though I feel like someone has shaken the living daylights out of me.
Then the storyline started morphing and I could feel something twisted between the lines.
After a segue into Mona's memories or feelings, I would be suddenly reminded that the book is in the third person, which jarred me because it feels so close to first.
As the people around Mona become more volatile, and more of her memories are revealed to the reader, the puzzle starts to fall in to place - and it becomes harder to put the book down at the end of a paragraph.
It would be interesting to know whether the setting feels true to life to those who have been or lived in Taos or LA. I suppose the avoidance of descriptive detail there is fairly intentional...
Overall, this book really surprised me and I was sad for it to end, even though I feel like someone has shaken the living daylights out of me.