PositiveSlateThe stories have a nearly zoological fierceness ... this new collection is her deepest immersion in the state where she has lived with her family for well over a decade, in the inland city of Gainesville. It’s a headlong plunge ... But as I read, I found that the book operates something like Christine Schutt’s feral 2003 novel, also named Florida—so much so that I wondered whether Groff’s title was a kind of tribute ... Groff’s Florida may do the same thing for its readers: surprise and menace us, fascinate and sometimes frighten us, and leave the whole world fuller than it was before.