trotskyAKAbronstein reviewed Under the skin by Michel Faber
The novel centres around a female character, Isserly, who seems to be obsessed with picking …
Review of 'Under the skin' on Goodreads
4 stars
Would have been 3-stars, but it is well structured, paced and with a uniform tension that this other-wise perfectly-average, perfectly-good novel gets one more for novel-craft.
Somewhat interesting - but novels are supposed to be, so nothing special there. Some vaguely novel ideas - but that's what you'd expect from a novel, so nothing special there, either.
All in all, a well done, perfectly readable, otherwise average novel.