A review by qtpieash3
A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore

1.0

I'm not entirely what I just read here. It was unfocused, meandering, and didn't have a cohesive feel. There were some parts of the book that rang true and were well done (see: scenes with her brother, Robert, and the boyfriend whose name I've already forgotten). If Moore had focused on one of the larger plot elements such as the adoption and resulting twist, I think this could have been a lot better. As it stands, though, it felt like too much and fell flat for me.