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A review by elj_ne
Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind by Molly McGhee
2.5
Recieved this book as an e-ARC via NetGalley.
This is a very strange novel, one I appreciate the premise of and idea behind but ended up not enjoying. Some was down to the wry, direct narrator who really lacked subtley in driving the point of the book home, mixed with descriptions of surreal dreams (and non-dreams) I found hard to get straight in my head at times. I also found the tone pretty relentlessly bleak instead of finding much humour in it - much of the humour was directed towards the protagonist which was fair enough considering his character but didn't really provide any relief in the story. I thought the strength of this book came from the character development of the protagonist and the choices he makes and the way they tie in with the message - that part was really well done.
This is a very strange novel, one I appreciate the premise of and idea behind but ended up not enjoying. Some was down to the wry, direct narrator who really lacked subtley in driving the point of the book home, mixed with descriptions of surreal dreams (and non-dreams) I found hard to get straight in my head at times. I also found the tone pretty relentlessly bleak instead of finding much humour in it - much of the humour was directed towards the protagonist which was fair enough considering his character but didn't really provide any relief in the story. I thought the strength of this book came from the character development of the protagonist and the choices he makes and the way they tie in with the message - that part was really well done.