PositiveAmerican Microreviews & InterviewsWhat grounds the novel is the emotional clarity in the writing, and what brings all these threads together is the way psychological and physical details start to rhyme within all the shifting narratives. There’s an urgency to this book that I found both challenging and engaging—as the reality of the narrative crumbled, and as the characters became their own ghosts, the feeling of loss that Luiselli is trying to explore began to resemble my own. It’s a subtle thing, when a book begins to mirror itself. It doesn’t happen often, and it requires the kind of assuredness/fearlessness that Luiselli makes look easy. I’m sure a number of readers will find this book disorienting or unapproachable (and I feel sorry for the reader who mistakes the breezy-ish, Post-It note emblazoned cover as a sign of what’s inside). Those who don’t will find something yearning and a little messy and honest.