PositiveThe Wall Street JournalA dive into a little-known story ... Thoroughly researched...The Sullivanians is a valuable and comprehensive history of an American experiment in communal living. That said, this is not a work of literary nonfiction: The prose is straight-ahead, and in a story so ripe for rich scene-setting, few scenes are fleshed out or sensory details evoked. At times the book drags due to redundant quotes and anecdotes.