PositiveThe Star TribuneLike one of those stubbornly inclement fall days only intermittently punctuated with patches of blue sky and sunshine, Some Hell declines to subscribe to the 'it gets better' impulse ... Nathan can be heavy-handed in signaling moments when his characters sense a life change. The novel’s ending seems dramatically at odds after so much interiority. But as a meditation on grief and its aftermath, Some Hell is sensitive, incisive and often heartbreaking.