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March by Geraldine Brooks
3.25
dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

There’s nothing like going to see if anyone else thought the book you just read was mediocre, and discovering instead that it won a Pulitzer. Ouch. Guess I don’t have taste. 

Anyway, I know the POINT of the book is in large part that March is fairly unlikeable to many and deeply flawed to all. The whole book is a slog of “okay, this is gonna culminate in a reflection on how he’s actually not a very good dude?” And, yes! but it isn’t even very satisfying when the obvious gets stated. Not much truthfully recommended itself to me about this book, and I’m comfortable being the odd one out on that.