misshappyapples 's review for:

The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin

4.0

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I liked this one a lot more that I thought I would when I started reading it. I hard a hard time getting into the flow, but eventually I couldn't put it down. It was basically a retelling of Ethan Frome, which is probably my least favorite Edith Wharton book, with a lot of modern politics and social issues woven in. There were points where I wasn't sure what I was supposed to be feeling because there were faults with every character. But ultimately I think that was the point.