The Mars Room
Ratings33
Average rating3.6
The moral of this story - that people and their choices are complex and someone's circumstances have an outsized role in shaping both her actions and their consequences - is worthwhile, although I hope not novel to any readers. But this book was too long and the characters were almost universally flat and unlikeable.
I listened to ~10% of the audiobook, but will dnf this now, because I'm not feeling engaged. The writing is fine, it's a simple lack of interest in the character/plot at this moment in time. What peaked my interest most were the Romy Schneider references. Not enough though.
A well-written novel exploring the impact of class, race and gender in the criminal justice system - I've seen complaints of two-dimensional characters but personally I found them mostly well-rounded and interesting. ⭐️ 3.5/5
I loved this. It took me a few chapters to get into it but once I was hooked, I was hooked. So very good.