A review by karrahp1
In the Distance by Hernán Díaz

adventurous reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Emotionally challenging book for a beach vacation lol. But fun way to examine the ecology here in Baja while driving or hiking. Beautiful, soul altering prose. I loved how many ways the author was able to make loneliness and inescapable character. But I also teared up at times which was hard - to hold appreciation and despair simultaneously. 

The way that hawk unearths human nature just as I’m grasping a scene as a reader is deeply satisfying (e.g he witnesses a play, without knowing what it is, and both reader and character have the realization dawn that this is a reenactment and not real life at the same time