anna_warde11 's review for:

Underworld by Don DeLillo

challenging dark funny mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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An inquisitive and experimental novel, sprinkled with a touch of understated wit, 'Underworld' embarks upon a questioning and exploration of modern Amercian society. Through its disjointed narrative and multiple character perspectives, this novel suggests themes of class, consumerism, waste, modernity and identity formation. The book's pacing and irratic story telling do not make it an easy-to-pick-up page-turner, however, when given the time and space to be digested, it presents a deeply reflective and feeling story that goes beyond fiction in the regular sense and extends to the human experience at large, in all its non-sensical and existential wonder.