Review: Small World

Small World Small World by Jonathan Evison
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is a rich and layered novel with a long cast of generations of characters that span 150+ years and revolve around traveling through the country and a train with passengers connected in seemingly non-obvious ways. There are a lot of characters in this novel and yet they are each layered with rich backstories and it's easy to get attached to each and every one of them. An excellent excellent novel.

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