MixedThe Los Angeles TimesPutting Little Onion in a dress is a stroke of satirical genius. But it soon becomes apparent that McBride's mission here is less satire than an adventure story with lots of broad and bawdy comedy … In The Good Lord Bird, the America of legalized slavery is a land of such moral vacancy even the country's heroes are devoid of decency. The novel's slaves have all learned to lie so much to white people that lying becomes part of their nature … McBride is a clever writer, and it's fun to ride along with him — as long as you don't mind running roughshod over history while doing so.
