PositiveThe Kenyon ReviewZazen’s readers will want to return to it in years to come, if only to hear Della’s voice ... Veselka is at her best when she’s expressing Della’s extreme bitterness about the world, and the desire to get rid of it ... If...act three of this novel gets muddled, the reader can trust that this lines up with the significant question posed by Veselka and other authors who have taken on the dystopian look of America: how does one find beauty in so much destruction? What separates this novel is the way Veselka honors the complexity of a young, intelligent generation at once confused and overwhelmed, but willing to enact change.
