Ultimately, Banal Nightmare is one of those books that will land perfectly with readers who often feel like the characters in the book, and will not land with those who rarely feel that way.

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If this novel has one central flaw, it’s that the characters rarely rise above the level of the banal and the obvious. Ellen might make a great senator, but as a protagonist, she’s not all there.

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character after character implodes in a mess of overthinking and a tendency to assume that they possess unique insight into human behavior. Banal Nightmare is primarily about Margaret “Moddie ...