A review by claire_melanie
Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas

2.0

this book started off pretty well but towards the end it was so OTT with the gore and "reality" that it just got depressing. also the main character's total inability to deal with his obvious health/mental issues got frustrating as he chose simply to continually vomit everywhere, drink blood and fuck everyone he met. not much there to identify/empathise with. have read other christos tsiolkas books where i didn't like any of the main characters (the slap as case in point) but issac really annoyed/alienated me and i didn't really care about him at the end, except in terms of being returned to colin. was worn out by his "adventures" and the profound message about Europe the reader was supposed to learn a couple of hundred pages ago but gritted my teeth and finished it anyway