A review by sun16usa
The Borrower by Rebecca Makkai

2.0

This book was a chore to get through. The beginning starts off engaging and chock full of literary references. While the rest of the book continues to be chock full of literary references, it stops being engaging.

Spoiler

The rest of the book entailed the main character aimlessly driving through the states while trying to convince herself that it was okay that she just took a child. There are many ways it could have been more engaging; more of a feeling of a chase, more of a sense that their travels would have ended somewhere, a revelation that wasn't smacking you in the face from the start of the trip. Instead you were on a boring car ride while the main character made adult revelations about her life at the expense of a child.