A review by eleanor_rose22
Mona by Pola Oloixarac

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

A surreal look at the contemporary literary world; the writing is excellent, visceral and visual, and Mona is an  interesting, misanthropic, troubled character. But I spent most of this book feeling on the fringes of a conversation I didn’t understand- maybe I’m just not smart enough for Writers™️, or interested in their pretentious philosophical nonsense. The ending tho really packed a punch,  the blurring of reality in a sort of apocalyptic rapture, I just wish there’d been more of That intensity throughout!