A review by crownjules73
What You Can See from Here by Mariana Leky

2.0

I couldn’t make up my mind about his book. At times it is sweet, childlike and amusing, but sometimes I found myself irritated and a little bored. Some people will love the contemporary writing style (a little Olive Kittridge?) but for me it depended on my mood. I found I couldn’t lose myself in it, usually because an odd translation had distracted me (e.g. county seat, does that mean “city”?) or because I was annoyed The Optician didn’t have a name. I think, overall, this book will be like Marmite, many will give it 5 stars, but others will struggle to see the magic. Thank you for the advance copy, sorry I didn’t like it more.