Chimney on Molle Street. West Hobart, February 2021. The Charmed Life of Alex Moore by Molly Flatt I chose to read this one as a lighter diversion, and in this regard, it delivered. Despite an ambitious storyline that seeks to explore deeper philosophical questions around life, identity, happiness and so on, there's a superficiality and shallowness that I couldn't quite shake. Perhaps the grand reveal around the source of Alex/ Dororthy's fell flat (I had something far darker in mind). Still, I couldn't help that in striving for a wider audience, Flatt has chosen to avoid potentially tougher harsher elements. Don't get me wrong. It is a breezy and enjoyable read, but the 'chick-lit' elements and, in the choice of the central heroine and the vacuous middle-class world she resides in, the materials were not there to achieve the gravity I assume that she was aiming for. ⭐ ⭐ 1/2