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Title: A Disappointment....
Review: Don't believe the hype. Johnathan Lethem has many strengths as a writer but they are not on full display within the pages of Fortess of Solitude. The book is a mediation on the lonliness and isolation which plaugues every one of the main characters in this book as they each deal with the changes happening within their Brooklyn neighborhood. Brooklyn is treated more like a character within these pages than the people that in habit it. If you're expecting much in the way of character development or a less than easily foreseeable plot you'll be waiting. None of the potentially interesting characters develop beyond the limits of Lethem's narrative, which is too exposition heavy. The final 200 pages jump and peter way it's way out. Instead do yourself a favor--check out Craig Clevenger's riviting 'The Contortionist's Handbook'.
