M. Jones’s Reviews > Desolation Road > Status Update

Slow going. Not because it's badly written - it isn't, it's lyrical and full of humour. Nor because it lacks ideas - this book is like an action film of ideas; they pepper the pages like machine gun fire or exploding Michael Bay shark-leaps. But unlike action movies (I love them, by the way), this isn't over in two hours. It needs more. It needs likable characters and a coherent plot to draw me along. But it's great.