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A review by lriopel
The New World by Chris Adrian
2.0
Read this because it is up against A Little Life for the Tournament of Books, and I wanted to be able to predict the result.
The premise of this, and the first section of the book was intriguing, and there was some good writing. Unfortunately, I feel like the second half of the book drove straight off the rails. It became a book about something entirely different than the setup in the first half indicated - like it belonged to a completely different genre or something. I am not sure what the author was trying to accomplish, but I thought it wasn't well done, didn't make sense to me, anyway. I wouldn't think this has much of a chance against A Little Life for TOB, because even the best features of this novel are not particularly groundbreaking or emotionally effective, in my opinion. Anyway, interesting setup, disappointing conclusion.
The premise of this, and the first section of the book was intriguing, and there was some good writing. Unfortunately, I feel like the second half of the book drove straight off the rails. It became a book about something entirely different than the setup in the first half indicated - like it belonged to a completely different genre or something. I am not sure what the author was trying to accomplish, but I thought it wasn't well done, didn't make sense to me, anyway. I wouldn't think this has much of a chance against A Little Life for TOB, because even the best features of this novel are not particularly groundbreaking or emotionally effective, in my opinion. Anyway, interesting setup, disappointing conclusion.