A review by tacoshark
The Cactus League by Emily Nemens

4.0

I really liked this. Shades of Cloud Atlas (but don't be scared off, this is under 300 pages!), a little bit like Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi, but all in the context of spring training ball in Arizona. It's a lovely book, though the end was a bit abrupt for me, and some chapters worked better than others. A few of the longer-playing metaphors got a bit creaky along the way, but overall there's some lovely writing, interesting character work and an overall feeling of time and place that were very engrossing. If you like baseball, I would definitely check this out - but even if it's not your thing, I think there's a lot of enjoyment to be found in this book. I'll definitely keep my eye out for this author's other work!