RaveThe MillionsSearing ... What sets Madievsky’s novel apart from most other addiction narratives is how it’s situated at the intersection of addiction and gender ... On the level of prose, Madievsky wields imagery like an emotional sledgehammer. With her background in poetry...she offhandedly peppers her prose with brutal, brilliant figurative language ... Madievsky’s metaphors blur the edges of the world, altering one’s perception long after reading them ... Sober-me finds new meaning in the addiction fiction that addict-me once admired.
