RaveCAN Journal...it’s clear that Backderf illustrates in service to the story, and not himself. First-person is his strong suit, but we don’t get near enough of that here. He appears as his younger self but leaves us early in the going, preferring to hand the story to his four protagonists ... Backderf’s brilliance...is his choice of what he decides not to put on the page. I love the determination to avoid cliché and showy visual exposition ... This is all beef, no fat ... Backderf takes on the role of the journalist as he paints scenes and gives us all the facts, and that approach serves him particularly well ... Kent is a very serious book, an essential testimony, written with care, drawn in blood ... To be clear, this is a marvelous story, well-told and well-researched with heart.
