A review by whimsicalmeerkat
The Plot Against America by Philip Roth

4.0

There were several sentences in this book that just reached out to grab me. In the middle of the beautiful plot, there would be this stunning sentence that was perfectly crafted to describe something inherent to ordinary life that I had struggled to describe. Beyond that, of course, is the gripping story. Taking as its main device the alteration of the 1940 presidential election, the plot unfolds from there. Told from the eyes of a young Jewish boy, it shows his story struggling to come to terms with what an anti-Semitic and isolationist president could mean for them. It is slightly breathtaking how easily that one choice by the country is used to change history in terrifying and sweeping ways. Mostly, what I loved, was the coming of age story. Inextricable from the national story, but still what made me love the book.