Aptly named ... Captures the stagnation and confusion of one’s late twenties in excruciating detail ... Delves into uncomfortable bodily observations and intrusive thoughts as her narrator creates a vivid and unreliable version of her own reality, all while sifting through familial and personal trauma.
A deranged satire about the culture of trauma ... Full of physiological oversharing and perfunctory references to political sensitivities. Sharp writes that which is normally left unwritten and some may find the shock factor overwhelming. Others will find it refreshingly honest.
A novel of ideas ... Darkly funny ... Sharp’s descriptions are lush with imagery, from the stark, abandoned coastal town to the frozen Midwest she visits on her winter break. Even the weather is unforgiving.
Distinctive ... The lightly plotted narrative casts a spell on the reader, thanks to Sharp’s powers of observation and the narrator’s eccentric disposition ... This pensive and offbeat work is an acquired taste.
