Dialogue should never be the principal method of conveying the facts of a novel and, while Shriver’s grasp of economics is impressive, I found myself wishing that she’d had the confidence to allow her research to lie lower beneath the surface. (.) It is a shame, though, that so much of the information is doled out to the reader in long expository speeches. "There’s a rather Victorian feel to Shriver’s impressively sweeping, futuristic family saga, a Trollopian wish to delve deeply into the appurtenances of everyday life to show the way we’ll live then.Prescient, imaginative and funny, it also asks deep questions." - The Economist But what remains is a powerful work investigating the fragility of the financial world. Too much exposition and fact-heavy dialogue blunts its Orwellian bite. Some clunky exposition but still packs a punch General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : quite enjoyably spun-out vision of the American future, but too focused on its details (and message) over story Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.
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