PositiveSpectrum CultureWhat some call hallucinations others may call visions. Michael Clune takes this a step further in Pan, in which 15-year-old Nicholas’ mental condition is otherworldly ... Clune’s staccato sentences and winding monologues quicken the reader’s heart rate, almost inducing anxiety ... Clune recognizes how sensitivity can be enriching without romanticizing mental illness.
PositiveSpectrum CultureIt’s not hard to see where Smith draws her inspiration and she assumes the reader’s intellect and shared political alignment. She makes no attempts to teach us about where our political, economic and ecological governances are taking us, for you need only look around you.
