A review by methusalah
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch

sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

An anxiety-inducing read due to how quickly we appear to be approaching a similarly dystopian future in the US. Some parts of it are genuinely difficult to get through and I almost abandoned the book entirely about 90% of the way through.

Took away a star because I don't think the narrative benefited in any way from the author's refusal to include paragraph breaks where you'd expect them. It just made the text harder to parse.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Violence, War