Fellow readers, I have to admit that I am baffled by this book. I don’t understand why Matrix, by Lauren Groff, was such a hit with readers and critics. Most of the critics included in the Book Marks round-up I linked to in the previous sentence rave about Groff’s use of language and its feminist take on life at a medieval convent but, for me, this book runs afoul of Kurt Vonnegut’s first rule of writing: “Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted.” I was so baffled by two decisions Groff made in this book that I feel, in the end, my time has been wasted...

Read the rest of my review at A Bookish Type.