A review by nmirra
The Anomaly by Hervé Le Tellier

emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Fast-paced and aware of itself, The Anomaly reads like a mixture of the TV show Lost and If On A Winter's Night A Traveler. The author does an impressive job of efficiently building different characters' emotional landscapes, with only a few of the 12 characters coming off as cliché outlines. One issue common in speculative fiction is that, when something impossible happens, the whole world in the story has the same reaction. This book gets around that issue by taking the time to show many characters' reactions to the same impossible moment. This grounds the book by depicting the wide range of possible human responses; you can more easily find yourself in that crowd.
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