Rating: 2/5
Review:
Not for me
I’ve had two good goes at The System now, but I’m afraid I can’t get on with it and have bailed out.
I’m not sure quite why I’m struggling with it; I liked All Involved and this is in a similar style with closely related content and its examination of the US justice machine is important and timely. This time, though, I found the multiple points of view too fragmented to form a coherent narrative and some of the characters, like the bigoted, self-regarding, manipulative parole officer, rather overblown and verging on caricature.
Others have enjoyed this and I can see that it has merit, but it just didn’t engage me in the end and I won’t be going back to it.
(My thanks to Picador for an ARC via NetGalley.)
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