Moonglow

Some parts were kind of tough to get through, but overall I very much enjoyed it.

Meh

Chabon is brilliant. The extended metaphor of rockets and moon travel is maybe a little overdone–I wonder how many times the word “moon” is used–but the story holds together wonderfully. The structure is odd and a bit distancing, since we get “Mike” reporting what his Grandfather has told him about his life, but Mike's relationship with him and his questioning of his Grandfather is part of the point.