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A review by mmcloe
Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
adventurous
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
My first Kushner! On the whole I thought it was good - it mostly read like an extended Pynchon side plot, not a bad thing.
A novel concerned with human imposition of meaning onto dark, hollow worlds - whether they be surveillance capitalism, agribusiness, or underground cave networks - and the rot, revolution, or retreat that effort to impose can manifest. The narrator was insufferable (and intentionally so) and I enjoyed the ways ideology seduced her in different directions. Few of the characters ideas seduced me, unfortunately. No small product of the mouths that spoke them.
A novel concerned with human imposition of meaning onto dark, hollow worlds - whether they be surveillance capitalism, agribusiness, or underground cave networks - and the rot, revolution, or retreat that effort to impose can manifest. The narrator was insufferable (and intentionally so) and I enjoyed the ways ideology seduced her in different directions. Few of the characters ideas seduced me, unfortunately. No small product of the mouths that spoke them.