Because the narrators' points of view are not distinct enough, the book feels repetitive ... Campbell brings her analytic background to bear on an extended exploration of ambiguity -- in love, in questions about free will, and in the unfathomability of both past and future.
Admirers of Mary Wesley will appreciate this impressive debut by another late-blooming writer. From its lovely cover to its character-driven plot, this poignant novel is warmly recommended.
Campbell probes these complicated ideas in clear, shimmering prose, turning the characters’ engagement with their psyches into something quite intoxicating.
Dreary ... The novel shifts between the points of view of Malcolm, Joe, and Agnes, but each of their voices sound confusingly similar ... Only the most patient readers will want to enter the minds of these circular thinkers.
