The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides is a novel about three college students in the 80’s full of ideas and idealism, longing for romance and truth, each on different, yet intersecting paths.

This is a heady novel full of big ideas and literary references, sometimes at the expense of the story. Eugenides is an undeniably great writer, but by the end I was feeling more tired than inspired. An interesting, but forgettable read.