First Read is not a Good Read

Jack by Marilynne Robinson
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

First read of the year and I am tired already.

It's a trainwreck of sadboi sentiments splashed with prosaic poetry, random encounters, and religious outtakes. Prince of Darkness, my ass. Jack has a whiny voice, but since it is a male character, it is muted with sadboi dramas circa 1950-1960s boomer energy.

Bad BAAADDD reading experience of Marilynne's work, she shouldn't create another Gilead saga with Jack as the main character. Predestination is not a good literary agency in this work.

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