A review by mikolee
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill

2.0

I picked this book up urged on by the glowing reviews and countless awards. I was expecting to be transported into another land. I was disappointed. While o'Neills writing is fluid and clear I just wasn't engaged by the storyline. The melancholiac Dutch protagonist uncovering his friendship with his murdered Trinidadian cricket teammate grew dull for me at times. His cold British lawyer wife traumatized by 9/11 is equally unappealing. I kept waiting for more to happen. Disappointing.