A review by angelamichelle
Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

3.0

I agree with the reviewers that call this book admirable but not beloved. Even more, I feel irritated with the author for assembling trappings of Impressive Writing but actually failing to achieve the essential components of good fiction, such as creating characters one cares about. So much exposition—although there’s lots of inner exposition in Marilynn Robinson’s books that I love so much—here it feels manipulative and maybe cheap, a cop-out.