Even Romy's first-person chapters felt distant and impersonal, like she was looking down on events from far away and not living them. What doesn't sound great about a gritty prison novel dissecting class, wealth and other power structures in the penal system? Diverse characters, complicated family dynamics, and unfair bullshit that sees poor, working class women given shoddy legal representation? Sign me up to be pissed off (in the way that leads to 5-star ratings).īut I found this book so disjointed, aloof and boring. Even as I was struggling to keep my eyes on the page, keep reading, and not get distracted by that piece of fluff on the floor, I was doing my best to write a positive review in my head. It's taken me a long time to admit that I just didn't like The Mars Room very much.
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