A review by hannahgiven
Surrender, New York by Caleb Carr

1.0

our time on earth is limited, which makes me even more regretful to have wasted some of my precious time reading this book. this book is a testament to the fact that we do not need more books by white men. whether he knows it or not, this man hates women, and he makes it very clear in his writing. furthermore, he hates fat people and takes every opportunity to make a disliked character fat and include jabs about them going to mcdonald’s. finally, his attempt to write some “diversity” into his book was simply painful. every black character (all minor) lives in a housing project, he makes endless jokes about his partner being asian, and he’s sure to mention that the only mexican character speaks good english.

i urge you, save yourself from the painful dialogue, the 300+ pages that needed to be edited out of the book, and the complete and totally unsolicited guide to how to keep a cheetah in upstate new york (but for real the cheetah thing was so weird).