A review by jrmarr
Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

3.0

I feel quite in the minority in my response to this book. I felt it was a bit too long, trying a bit too hard to be clever, and a bit too unbelievable. I quite like otherworldly or mystical themes, but I just couldn't fall into it like I have with other books. The positives were good though: I really loved some of the central relationships, and it was a comfort to know that MOST people were trying to live as good a life as they could, but the 'bad' people were a bit caricature-ish. All in all, I'm not sure what the fuss is about, and wouldn't mind talking with someone who loved it to get their perspective!