Has Michael Cunningham ever written a stinker? I doubt that he would be capable of such a thing. His work reads like poetry: exquisite word choices and vivid descriptions of the environment. This book is lighter on plot than character - which is my preference. We follow a handful of characters, in alternating narrative, as they live through the 2020 pandemic in New York City.
Cunningham's writing is so beautiful and he succeeds in getting the reader to care about the relationships between these imaginary people and the strain put on them by lockdown and Zoom classes and isolation and fear and loss.
The book is read by Julianne Moore and I can't imagine anyone doing a better job.
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