The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is a challenging book to critique. The author writes about difficult things, so the topics run bone deep, and are painful.
The book is taut and interesting for about the first fourth of the work, then starts to lose steam. Marzano-Lesnevich’s prose and technique grow repetitive. After the half way point, we learn nothing new. This was a real disappointment.
Marzano-Lesnevich has genuine talent. It is just not displayed to her full advantage in this work.
The book is taut and interesting for about the first fourth of the work, then starts to lose steam. Marzano-Lesnevich’s prose and technique grow repetitive. After the half way point, we learn nothing new. This was a real disappointment.
Marzano-Lesnevich has genuine talent. It is just not displayed to her full advantage in this work.
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