The Measures Between Us

The Measures Between Us (2013) by Ethan Hauser. This novel has a rather large cast of characters, and their stories are interlocking. Hauser abandons one plot-line and switches to another seemingly at random, though I'm sure he had his reasons for structuring the book the way he did. I found it a less-than-satisfying read, with meaningless symbology permeating the novel so that I was sometimes engaged, at other times bored. There is a senseless death of a main character near the end, and it is introduced awkwardly, in my opinion. I wish it had been done with more skill and grace. Grade: B