A review by careydnelson
The Lightness by Emily Temple

3.0

I think I would have rated this 4/5 had I not just finished In the Woods by Tana French. Ms. French's book is dense and affecting while this one strings along tension and mystery well it is a bit like rolling Play-Doh (or regular dough if you're not a parent I guess). The longer you roll it the thinner it gets. Still, a nice book I enjoyed.

There are favorable parallels to be drawn to The Secret History here. I'd put them on opposite ends of the Play-Doh roll spectrum.