PositiveThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\"...a poignant meditation on racism and police brutality experienced by people of color ... Laskar also makes the unusual choice to not name her characters. While this runs the risk of keeping the reader at arm’s length, it also elevates the narrative from being merely one person’s story into a universal fable where these characters are everyone and anyone. Whether you appreciate this choice or not will depend on the sort of reader you are ... Laskar has a fine eye for capturing the loneliness and heart break of her characters, even as they desperately try to assimilate ... Laskar’s fine and moving novel is a step toward her own release, and with it she simultaneously offers readers a way out, too.\
