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I don’t understand the hype over this book. Blurbs used the word “complex,” which I think is the opposite of how the author portrays this protagonist. She seems like a person with little agency, buffeted about by popular culture. Her understanding of the complexity of US society is very shallow. I was underwhelmed by her.
Most of the other characters are flat out stereotypes. What in the world was the point of the “crone” groups and the “resistance” meetings other than ridicule? And to have a gratuitous episode where the main character witnesses a teenager murdered by police? It seems like the author was trying to make a random tapestry of the last five years of American history through the eyes of one white woman, with low stakes, low consequences, little jeopardy.
Parts of the novel infuriated me. In particular, the subplot of one woman being “canceled” seemingly for no reason. In a bizarre choice, the author doesn’t even share the story of what happened. As readers, we’re just supposed to accept that “woke” groups wake up one day and mysteriously decide to shun one of their members for no reason and isn’t that crazy? Why not allow the reader to know what happened so she can judge for herself?
This book just seems like a mess to me
Most of the other characters are flat out stereotypes. What in the world was the point of the “crone” groups and the “resistance” meetings other than ridicule? And to have a gratuitous episode where the main character witnesses a teenager murdered by police? It seems like the author was trying to make a random tapestry of the last five years of American history through the eyes of one white woman, with low stakes, low consequences, little jeopardy.
Parts of the novel infuriated me. In particular, the subplot of one woman being “canceled” seemingly for no reason. In a bizarre choice, the author doesn’t even share the story of what happened. As readers, we’re just supposed to accept that “woke” groups wake up one day and mysteriously decide to shun one of their members for no reason and isn’t that crazy? Why not allow the reader to know what happened so she can judge for herself?
This book just seems like a mess to me