Jake’s Reviews > Dissident Gardens > Status Update

I miss the weirdness of those first five amazing Lethem books. Great writing, but not the transporting read I've come to expect. Then again I've been away for 3 novels. A lot character history, a lot of telling, but I'd be happier to have their personalities shown through plot more often. It's as much portrait as story. The momentum is in his style and the emotional grip of his observations.