Wonderfully pointed ... Rowley doesn’t shy away from the hard questions, and the novel is all the better for it. Take Me With You is a joyously bittersweet meditation on queer aging and the ridiculousness of love and living.
An unflinching look at a stagnating marriage and our collective dismay with the world in which we live ... This book isn’t just an enormously satisfying addition to Rowley’s body of work, it’s a roadmap for how to live alongside the existential dread with which many of us wake every day.
Adeptly balances the absurdity of Jesse’s circumstances with the sensitive portrayal of a longtime couple at a crossroads. Recommend to readers of humorous but moving fiction.
Things Rowley does well: quippy one-liners (though occasionally a joke comes out of a minor character’s mouth that sounds more like the author’s voice), tertiary characters who shine, funny party scenes with a mix of offbeat personalities and perfectly timed chaos. Also: detailed place description and a tender, unhurried contemplation of the human condition ... A sweet and tart story stretched over a quirky frame.
