PositiveWashington Independent Review of Books\"Good and Mad is compelling because it feels so right now. In fact, I’d recommend reading it right now. Not because it is such a great book that you need to stop what you’re doing and pick it up immediately, but because it is so highly relevant to what’s currently happening in the U.S ... In Good and Mad, Rebecca Traister takes moments of rage that burn so blazingly hot they’re blinding and grounds them in history and analysis ... The book isn’t a plea to shy away from that anger, but rather a toolkit for what to do with it.\
Gail Honeyman
RaveThe Washington Independent Review of BooksThe reader doesn’t find out exactly what happened until the final pages, even though it feels like the answer might be coming at nearly every turn. That suspense makes the book compelling, vivid, and delightfully frustrating. Reading the novel is also delightfully funny. Looking through Eleanor’s eyes is like looking at the world through funhouse mirrors. Things that aren’t usually amusing all of a sudden become so ... In the vein of Eileen by Otessa Moshfegh — an eerily similar work about an eerily similar character with an eerily similar name — the book makes you question your worldview. If you strip away social norms, what ultimate truth lies beneath? And while Eleanor certainly isn’t completely fine and has more than a few things to learn about the world, there’s a lot the world could learn from Eleanor, too.
