This is kind of a brutal novel. It’s been generally been reviewed far less positively than many of her other novels. I first reviewed The Beet Queen and if I didn’t know much about the author, I don’t know that I could identify them as the same person. That said, I do think this is a strong novel in a lot of ways, but it’s not a fun novel, or really a beautiful novel. But it is powerful and terrifying and has a real energy […]