Make Room! Make Room!

Above all else, this book is great at creating a central mood that dominates the setting and your mind while reading. It's dark, disgusting, claustrophobic, and corrupt. A mild mystery and cop drama was a great way to explore this mood. I enjoyed the general sense of apathy from most of the characters over the circumstances of their lives, and the ending really reinforced the general feeling of hopelessness that mounted through the book. 

That all being said, I do think that Harrison used an extremely heavy hand to deliver his rather singular message against overpopulation. The character that serves as his mouthpiece throughout the book goes on several unnecessary pointed tirades about contraceptive and overpopulation, that brought me out of the flow of the plot and the mood. 

Overall, I enjoyed my time with this book. It dipped a little into the pulp end of fiction, but was deeply immersive and depressing.