Woger the Shrubber reviewed Idaho: a novel by Emily Ruskovich
Review of 'Idaho' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Walk a mile wearing somebody else's mind. Or somebody else's dog's mind.
I started this book after reading Don DeLillo's Underworld, and Idaho felt almost like a continuation of that book.
I suspected Ruskovich was giving a more legitimate perspective of the psychological makeup of her female characters.
There's a bit of a drought at one point where isolation and suffering seem to be the main themes. Finally enlightenment appears for one of the characters. This was the high point of the book and redeemed the suffering. We don't get to see too much of the enlightened perspective, but I guess it's ok not to beat us over the head with it.