A review by csulima3
The Day of the Locust by Nathanael West

3.0

I had high hopes for this book, as I had seen that it was named one of Time Magazine’s 100 greatest novels. I liked the beginning and ending, but the middle felt aimless, the characters struck me as one dimensional, and I could not figure out the appeal of Faye, whom seemingly everybody was obsessed with. Maybe that was the point, but I never really got absorbed into it. Not a bad book, but somewhat disappointing.