Slim, searching ... The tone of A Termination is hot and the chronology looping. Rather than a call to arms, or even a lesson from history, Moore’s memoir depicts her knot gradually and incompletely untangling over 50 years.
Moore’s writing is dryly charming, more self-aware than knowing, intimate but not overfamiliar; she comes across as well balanced. Almost polite. Her style seems antithetical to the form of memoir, but it holds its own, not stooping to tricks or whispering to make you lean in closer. Pictorial, not gimmicky ... A beautiful tension to hold.
Exquisite ... Piercing imagery...and ruthless concision characterize Moore’s prose, resulting in an artful battle cry against backsliding into the secrecy of previous generations. Marked by Moore’s stunning balance of compassion and rage, this is a triumph.
