New Zealand: The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton
Thoughts: Sometimes I read novels and get mad that I am not writing novels because I want to write novels like this one. Well, most of the time. The rest of the time it felt more like a technical piece than anything enjoyable – sort of like eating kale, you know it’s good for you but you’d really rather have the cake. I’m also a bit over the is-it-real-or-not trope that keeps coming up, especially it seems in first novels. I guess you have to prove you are clever to get published. I am not clever, nor have I written a novel so I should probably just be quiet now.
Rating: 4.5/5