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A review by lckeser7
The Dead Do Not Improve by Jay Caspian Kang
2.0
I was at my local library looking for The Vegetarian by Han Kang. As is usually the case, they didn't have the book I wanted, but sitting near where The Vegetarian might have been was this. I've never read Jay Kang's work before, in fact had never heard of him, but I needed something to read and the title was intriguing.
I don't recall if I've ever read a book that so constantly surprised me with interesting, weird, witty, sarcastic, biting sentences while simultaneously leaving me bored out of my mind because the plot goes nowhere for most of its 250 pages (and the characters inspired no empathy or engagement).
What little plot there is doesn't really become clear until about page 220. By page 240 it is also clear that the author isn't going to attempt to reveal or even hint at the point of this.
I don't recall if I've ever read a book that so constantly surprised me with interesting, weird, witty, sarcastic, biting sentences while simultaneously leaving me bored out of my mind because the plot goes nowhere for most of its 250 pages (and the characters inspired no empathy or engagement).
What little plot there is doesn't really become clear until about page 220. By page 240 it is also clear that the author isn't going to attempt to reveal or even hint at the point of this.