PositiveThe Associated PressThe Line That Held Us delves deep into the characters’ background and motives ... Joy also tempers The Line That Held Us with a look at how the area [Appalachia] is changing, as wealthy people build weekend homes, destroy the landscape or improve it, depending on the point of view. A way of life is ending ... The Line That Held Us continues Joy’s gritty look at families and the land that shapes them in his unique brand of Southern gothic.
Megan Abbott
RaveThe Associated PressIn Give Me Your Hand, author Megan Abbott turns to the dark side of friendship and ambition with an intriguing story about two women scientists vying to conduct groundbreaking work in a pressure cooker of a research lab. Abbott infuses just enough science to boost her novel without overwhelming it. The lab is a metaphor for any demanding workplace such as a law firm, a hospital or a newspaper ... Abbott strongly dissects obsessions that easily morph into destruction and aspirations that spiral into blind ambition. The personalities of Diane and Kit are manifested through their work ... Abbott again shows why she’s one of our best story tellers.
