markm reviewed Rabbit Hutch by Tess Gunty
Review of 'Rabbit Hutch' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
I don't know if despair is merely the tone of this novel, its setting, or if that is what the novel is about. Some characters have a brief flash of ecstasy, but it's brief and maybe they don't. There is plenty of cruelty. Wise men say that there is a very narrow space between comedy and tragedy and it must be hard to write in that space, but the author sometimes seems to camp in it. She uses the comedic technique of the unexpected element in a series with great success. I found all of this unusually satisfying and her characters are unusually memorable. Another reviewer recommended Blandine T-shirts, and he might be right.
