A review by moirastone
The Heart Broke In by James Meek

2.0

Almost a week after finishing this, what sticks with me most is the unpleasantness of these characters. That, and the overall feeling of "so what?" with which I finished the book. This may feel to some like an urgent and of-the-moment slice of life, and it is quite skillfully done, but I was largely unmoved.

(In fairness, I note that two sequences -
SpoilerAlex and Bec falling in love in Africa and Bec agonizing over her betrayal of Alex back in London
- affected me greatly. Both felt true.)