A review by mrspontellier
A Fortunate Age by Joanna Rakoff

3.0

I enjoyed this. I didn't think it was fantastic, but it was a good read. It's been a bit since I've read McCarthy's The Group, but this felt more fragmented me and more vignette-ish. Nonetheless, there was enough realism and solid characterization to keep me interested. I can hear some of the criticisms that folks are likely to make -- it's too focused on these well-off Oberlin folk pretending they don't have advantages, the plot is too sporadic and not focused, and so forth. Those criticisms aren't without merit, but I was able to overlook them.