A review by readouid
A Book of Common Prayer by Joan Didion

3.0

Didion's prose style is, as always, compelling, but comes across too much as Didion's voice rather than the narrators, especially if you're familiar with Didion's other work, especially her nonfiction. The juxtaposition of political absurdity doesn't fully meshy with the analysis of Charlotte as norteamericana and lampooning of a certain kind of clueless WASP-y American in a broader geopolitical landscape. I see what Didion was aiming for, but it didn't need this volume of words to accomplish.