The Mars Room: A Novel

TIME'S #1 FICTION TITLE OF THE YEAR - NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2018

FINALIST for the MAN BOOKER PRIZE and the NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD

LONGLISTED for the ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL

An instant New York Times bestseller from two-time National Book Award finalist Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room earned tweets from Margaret Atwood--"gritty, e...show more

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352 pages

Average rating: 5.53

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SprinkleofSassy
Jun 29, 2023
4/10 stars
There was so much hype surrounding this book, so I was pumped to read it but it really fell super flat for me. The disjointed timeline, seemingly random character switching/perspectives switches, were all jarring from chapter to chapter. I think this had great potential, but instead, I felt like I was sitting in a car going 50mph on a highway because it was a shit car, and once I got to the destination I wasn't impressed and wanted to turn right ...read more
E Clou
May 10, 2023
6/10 stars
This was well-written and I frequently felt sympathy for the characters but mostly I wanted the story to end.

Probably the part I liked best is that this is subtly a book about books.

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