PanThe Washington PostA love story, actually. It’s about two famous vanity plates who truly are perfect for each other.
Christine Blasey Ford
PositiveThe Washington Post\"Readers looking to One Way Back for a magic bullet to prove Kavanaugh’s guilt or innocence are out of luck. Ford doesn’t remember anything more than she’s already publicly recalled; there are no new witnesses or unearthed diary entries. What she gives instead is a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning ... At times, she comes across as either deeply optimistic or unfortunately naive ... A blisteringly personal memoir of a singular experience. But it was most piercing to me as a memoir of the past half-decade ... If you believed Ford in 2018, One Way Back will give you a deeper appreciation for the woman behind the headlines. If you didn’t — well, I don’t know if the book will change your mind. But it might wiggle your mind a little bit.\
J. K. Rowling
PositiveThe Washington Post...the very existence of The Casual Vacancy represents a truckload of moxie...At another level, this book represents a truckload of shrewdness. In her first grown-up novel, Rowling has chosen to construct her plot around a local municipal election... One man suffers an untimely death, the gossip mill churns... The storylines interweave as characters interfere with one another’s business. Nearly every character gets a narrative point of view ...Rowling re-traverses the Potter series’ entire tonal journey: a gradual darkening in which snide comments on small stakes give way to sharp commentary on big ones ... A lazy critic might coyly query whether The Casual Vacancy contains enough magic ... This book would be a little better if everyone were carrying wands.
