If you suffer from insomnia this may be the answer. A very boring book.
If you suffer from insomnia this may be the answer. A very boring book.
It's a little hard to get into. The setup is interesting but the snippets of perspectives go back and forth in time, and it's not very easy to follow at first. Still a pick for me because I thought the author did a great job conveying the stifling feeling of loss that follows the death of a loved one, while in contrast showing just how much of us survives through our online profiles.
Richmond structured this as a kind of modern day epistolary; the reader uncovers the mystery of Alice Salmon's death with everything she's left behind online. An interesting set up but it created an emotional distance I didn't ever overcome. Also the "reveal" didn't feel earned.