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A review by yunsq
The Mars Room by Rachel Kushner
challenging
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I didn’t mind the lack of a plot in the novel. I listened to the audiobook read by the author herself. This book oddly reminds me of If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha—dark humour, satire and the realities of individuals left behind and forgotten by society.
The last line in the book will be sticking with me for a while. “The opposite of nothing is not something, it’s everything.”