Having read the whole SL and a couple off the LL I’m expecting (like most) Andrew Miller to take it, though I also loved The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, and I think Flesh is a bit of a smoky…
Would prefer Desai or Szalay to win, though I can objectively see the merit in The Land in Winter I didn’t enjoy it as much as the other two. I’ll be shocked if any of the others take it.
Found Flashlight bloated and in need of a good edit, what should have been a moving and devastating ending left me a bit cold as I was just glad I’d done with it.
Audition not meaty enough or nearly as clever as it was trying to be IMO, and I’m shocked The Rest of our Lives even made the SL #whiteguyproblems…
Shout-out to Seascraper which I thought was better than a couple on the list and is one of my favourite reads this year (though the scope was perhaps a little narrow to take the prize I definitely feel it should have been shortlisted).
What do y’all think?
by Fatpinkmast1