RaveBrooklyn Based\"Dahl explores awkward situations with bravery and wit, as she takes improv classes, speaks with scientists, meets with professional cuddlers and reads her teenage diary out loud in front of an audience ... It turns out, according to this highly entertaining book, that awkward moments actually unite us all and enrich our lives.\
Rachel Kushner
RaveBrooklyn Based...no, you don’t already know this story ... the author excels at developing fringe characters and creating vivid time periods ... It’s not a plot-driven page-turner, but The Mars Room is a slow boil that unflinchingly examines issues with the justice system and incarceration in this country ... The situations in the book are horrendous, and often hard and exasperating to read, but, the quiet voice of Romy Hall is smart and the story is laced with dark humor ... Systemic institutionalization is a hard topic to swallow, and the author does a remarkable job of giving it to us without sugar coating, in a way that is important for us to take in.
