PositiveTimes Literary Supplement (UK)Piercing ... Tulathimutte’s maximalist prose and unflinching depictions of his characters’ self-sabotage engender a mixture of empathy, discomfort and disdain in the reader ... In all its extremity and vulgarity, the world of Rejection is horribly familiar. In the words of the author, reading it is \'like staring into a cursed mirror where the longer you stare at it the uglier you get, but it’s so fascinating you keep staring\'.