PositiveThe Globe and Mail (CAN)Though at times it falls short of its ambitions, Intermezzo reaffirms Rooney’s ability to capture the thrill and desperation of blooming romance, and to portray a microcosm of human existence with precision and insight.
Eleanor Catton
PositiveThe Globe and Mail (UK)A twisty, propulsive thriller ... Catton took a meticulous approach to planning the book, mapping out the relationships between the characters against the roles of the play.
Emily St. John Mandel
RaveThe Vancouver Sun (CAN)... confirms that Mandel has also been building a fictional multiverse, cross-pollinating her novels with shared characters and overlapping events ... It sounds dizzying, but Mandel is a precise and focused storyteller. She doesn’t over-explain her futuristic settings; her descriptions are evocative rather than technical ... At fewer than 300 pages, the story moves quickly, propelled by Mandel’s understated prose toward a surprisingly tidy resolution ... a profound meditation on what it means to live through a disaster, itself a reminder of the random events that shape our lives and how, through our choices, we imbue them with meaning.
