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A review by damien_reads
Weather by Jenny Offill
3.0
Jenny Offill has a knack for humor and, I’m hoping, satire. In this, Lizzie finds herself dealing with her brothers addiction issues, middle-class white liberal woes, and her worries about her family as her current gig (answering emails for her former mentors climate change focused podcast) pushes her closer and closer to the doomsday fanatic that she originally makes fun of. We get a lot of philosophical imaginings but also hysterical reactions to climate change, Donald Trump and other current political topics.
The novel is short, 200 pages written in what I guess could be called vignettes, but also a sort of stream of consciousness? I admire in author who can do powerfully do that and still get their point across.
Part of me falls on the, this probably wasn’t the right time for me to read this. With recent events involving the murders of unarmed Black people this well written novel about white liberals deciding on whether or not they need to move to canada while worrying their children won’t live into 2047 fell a bit flat. But I really did love a lot of this.
The novel is short, 200 pages written in what I guess could be called vignettes, but also a sort of stream of consciousness? I admire in author who can do powerfully do that and still get their point across.
Part of me falls on the, this probably wasn’t the right time for me to read this. With recent events involving the murders of unarmed Black people this well written novel about white liberals deciding on whether or not they need to move to canada while worrying their children won’t live into 2047 fell a bit flat. But I really did love a lot of this.