RavePopMattersOur heroine has a lot to experience over the course of Death Valley. Time and time again, she finds herself in the delightful and surreal situations that are characteristic of Broder’s oeuvre ... Broder keeps readers grounded in the more mundane details of the narrator’s trip ... The use of the desert itself as a metaphor for grief is particularly effective ... Some readers may find the narrator’s constant preoccupation with her own thoughts and feelings, and the New Age-Instagram-infographic type jargon used to render it, somewhat grating. However, this critic is not that reader ... A riotous victory. Somehow, Broder has illuminated a tale of grief and loss with her characteristic wit and insight. The result is as dazzlingly brilliant as a desert sunset.
