A review by sujuv
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

4.0

I LOVED this book. I'd give it 4 1/2 stars if I could. There are three sections in the book. For me, the first section was sublime. I was carried away by it. The two other parts were also excellent, but nothing matched up to the first section (in my opinion). It's a book with two seemingly - and basically - unrelated stories of two unrelated young people, both American but living in two very different realities. That, I'd say, is the "asymmetry" of the title. Don't read it hoping for a huge revelation as to how these stories are related because you're not going to get it. It's also in no way a simplistic compare and contrast. She just takes you places, introduces you to people, and suddenly you're there. It's a gift. I found it deeply satisfying and I look forward to whatever Halliday writes next.