Sophia C. reviewed on 10/1/2011 + 289 more book reviews

The Imperfectionsists reads like discrete set of intense character sketches. Each chapter focuses on a member of an English-language newspaper based in Rome, followed by a couple of pages in italics chronicling the newspaper's life. In his debut novel,Tom Rachman does an amazing job describing the imperfect private lives of these characters. Each chapter ends at precisely the moment a television show would cut to commercial break for maximum effect. The style and tone match the neuroses of the character in question. However, I became a bit disappointed when I realized that we won't get a chance to revisit that character in that moment; the best is a passing reference in subsequent stories. Nonetheless, this was an engaging read about things on the decline.

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