Ratings17
Average rating3.7
I found it thematically very similar to Miriam Toews' All My Puny Sorrows: the ethics of suicide, genetic burden, transgenerational trauma are major themes in both. Imagine might lack the eloquence of Sorrows but I found it structurally more elegant. The fact that both books feature chronically depressed characters who are obsessed with music is interesting considering Michael's (the protagonist of Imagine) driving theory.
*EDIT
Changed to 5 stars because I still regularly think about it 10 months (& multiple novels) later.