PanChicago Review of BooksPrcic has his tics, which will irritate some readers more than others ... I suspect that Prcic used a thesaurus to decorate plain thoughts, or rather, utilized a thesaurus to bedizen spartan cogitations ... Unspeakable Home... has and will be commended for its honesty and its bravery in being honest, and for its apparently related formal experimentation. Leaving aside the sad story and the bag of gimmicks which are pretty much just grabbed at and thrown at the page, what about quality, or rightness of expression, let alone music?
Carys Davies
PositiveChicago Review of BooksDavies’ language is contemporary, but there is an older one in play here ... The late turn will seem too sudden to some readers, and they might consider the rushed, sheepish ending that follows to be a mercy. Others might be pleased by the surprise, or even heartened as Davies insists that amid strong customs, across thick obstructions, people can choose their own paths.
Vinson Cunningham
MixedChicago Review of BooksCunningham writes fairly well, but he relies too reliably on em dashes ... Without...interest, you need a real plot, an irony or two, a few laughs, anything at all to keep things lively.
Samantha Harvey
PositiveChicago Review of BooksWill serve best if you think of it as a sort of educational picture book, with generous, full color images done in prose description.
