cseibs 's review for:

The Submission by Amy Waldman
4.0

The blurb on the back cover of my book says "frighteningly plausible," and I couldn't agree more. The plausibility of the novel made me uncomfortable and ashamed. It's rare that a book can cause such a visceral reaction in me. The tension between principle and emotion in this country was exposed in the starkest terms, and yet in a way that created sympathy and enmity for all the voices represented. This is a book is one that I won't be able to shake for a long time, and for that I am grateful.