![]() ![]() Whereas the novel progresses, Nell’s awareness does not. She sinks into her discontent with snarkiness and nihilism, the blueprint for intriguing character development - but that doesn’t happen. Her life before expulsion wasn’t noteworthy either her research on oak trees is boring, her family is distant, and she’s ending a loveless relationship with Tom. Hex finds Nell untethering from her responsibilities, the newfound lack directly informing her dejection. Whereas the novel demonstrates moments of emotional intensity and humor, Hex‘s proclivity towards toxicity is overburdening. She is part of a small character group, six total, whose interconnected lives drive Hex‘s plot. Nell’s decentering forces her to examine and redefine her life. ![]() She is expelled from the program after a lab mate dies of accidental poisoning. The character Nell Barbar is a former doctoral student in botany from Columbia University. Rebecca Dinerstein Knight‘s second novel, Hex, is a portrait of ennui. ![]()
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