MixedThe Irish Times (IRE)Peck & Peck certainly has its strong points, with scene setting so effective that surely a screen adaptation is in the works. Yet for all that wonder, and a hopeful start, the novel remains hollow; the Peck & Peck offices might be brought to life, but its inhabitants remain cardboard cutouts.
RaveThe Irish Times (IRE)Poignant ... Mackintosh is an unquestionably skilled writer. Her prose is lush, and the way she captures desire is dizzying in its sensuality ... A unique, introspective book that interrogates how much we can truly sacrifice for love, and what paradise really means. At once quietly devastating and creepily unsettling, it’s her best work yet.
RaveIrish Times (IRE)[The] nostalgia is artfully crafted by setting ... A deft exploration of male relationships, a mediation on how much we inherit from those who raise us, a study of shame set across the Aids epidemic, but above all, it’s a poignant, achingly beautiful story of human love, and the lengths we’ll go to for those we care for.
