A review by mikolee
The Invisible Circus by Jennifer Egan

2.0

I enjoyed reading "A Visit from the Goon Squad" so listened to the audio version of Jennifer Egan's first book "The Invisible Circus." My disclaimer is that I listened to this while being incredibly sick with a migraine so it may have infected my review. I did like the reader's various voices and thought she captured the moody male Wolf voice really well. The lead character though, I just had a problem relating to. Set in 1978 and told through the eyes of Phoebe, an 18 year old who travels to Europe to trace the route her political, risk taking sister Faith took before her suicide. The book is filled with a melancholy air that was sometimes alluring and sometimes repelling. Was fun to read about a book that takes place in my home. But snickered as the reader mispronounced Sutro Baths and Los Gatos.