A review by byp
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

3.0

This is basically Heart of Darkness, both in subject matter and style. I like both books while I'm reading them, but I don't think about them much when I'm not. I was never terribly eager to get back to this book, and at least once I considered just abandoning it altogether. I'm glad I stuck with it, because the ending pays off, but the pacing is too slow for me (although this is part of the whole HoD effect). I wish that at least one of the Lakashi had become an actual character.