PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewSean Adams is thankfully less interested in allegory than in harnessing its strange contrasts to create cutting satire. And while there is a thematic anxiety, in this debut, about voice and speech that alludes to the story of the Tower of Babel, the forces in play are decidedly earthly ... It is to Adams’s credit that he establishes this lengthy premise with brisk efficiency ... a compelling narrative, with unexpected twists and darkly comic turns. Weighing it down, however, are Adams’s efforts to fill out the novel’s world ... engaging material, but the decision to interweave it throughout the present narrative slows down the plot without heightening suspense.
