I bailed. The narrator got to be a broken record of uninteresting negativity.
I bailed. The narrator got to be a broken record of uninteresting negativity.
A lawyer in Brooklyn moves in with her new boyfriend and his mysterious roommates, who are definitely doomsday preppers but also maybe something more nefarious.
Aretha, a law associate at a huge NYC firm, meets Aaron and they really click. When Aretha decides to move in, she has to contend with his survivalist roommates. What a great premise, but this book doesn‘t deliver. The prose is bloated with lots of tell instead of show. There are some flashes of social commentary in here that could‘ve been great, but it‘s just not well fleshed out.
A social satire exploring modern anxieties—and what it means to survive— this has a sharp voice that dulls somewhat amidst the tedium it‘s exploring, even with many moments of the absurd. Longer chat on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/xgULjOhFQxU
It's here!
https://themillions.com/2023/01/most-anticipated-the-great-2023a-book-preview.ht...
Here's what I'm most excited about that I didn't know about before:
* The Survivalists
* After Sappho
* The Wife of Willesden (does this mean we get _two_ Zadie Smith books this year?)
* Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
* Ada's Room
* King: A Life
* I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home