A review by lavienrose
Eureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson

2.0

I couldn't wait to read this book from the moment I first heard of it. I really wanted to learn more about Irish troubles in the 90s and relationships between protestants and catholics. Turns out this book doesn't really show these topics- it'just a bunch of characters being annoying and acting nonsense. I mean, there are some really interesting parts, but the way characters develop doesn't make any sense. you don't even understand why the main characters are friends- you just assume they are because the writer says so. Plus, the ending. I saw it coming but...no.

things I liked: 11th chapter, the teenager storyline, some things Jake thinks/ says/ does.
things I really liked: the way Belfast is described. very suggestive.