A review by lacyk_reads
Surfacing by Margaret Atwood

3.0

This book starts out as a who-dunnit kind of mystery. Then it turns into a study of political thoughts, stream of consciousness making an occasional appearance. Finally, it devolves into frantic actions with mysterious motivations that don’t always make sense. I found it hard to follow some sections. And because our protagonist and narrator only uses pronouns to describe herself and her family - no names - it was a little hard to follow some sections. Is she talking about her father, her brother, her previous husband, her current boyfriend? That said, I don’t think those distinctions were always important.

I was hooked for the majority of this book. It lost me in the last third or so, unfortunately. I just didn’t feel like it was as strong in the end as it was in the beginning. The footing felt uneven. Even so, a good book, a quick read, it was worth the time.