MixedReadings (AU)Beautifully modulated ... Auster writes with elegiac grace, but I struggled to feel a strong connection to the characters. I am unsure if it is my fault or the author’s
Emma Donoghue
PositiveReadings (AUS)Though the religious fervour depicted in Haven is rather mystifying to this agnostic reader, it is a subject Emma Donoghue – the author of the Booker-shortlisted novel Room – explores deeply. The protagonists’ daily lives are structured around prayer (once every three or four hours!), building the church and writing holy books – all for the glory of God. What results is an intense and disturbing novel of survival with an ending that seems unavoidable.
