A pretty good book ... It is the Rabbit at Rest of the series and deals, more than any of the other books, with aging and mortality ... Does See You on the Other Side work on a stand-alone basis? Mostly not.
It is McInerney’s signature touch to subtly explore how catastrophe reveals rather than transforms character. McInerney’s elegiac prose incisively tracks how the pandemic disrupts the comfortable rhythms of daily life while exposing deeper socioeconomic fractures in American society ... As a culmination of the Calloway tetralogy, the novel offers an exquisite meditation on mortality, resilience, and cultural obsolescence, a poignant coda that illustrates the power of human connection as part of a life well-lived ... A literary event that will galvanize readers.
The Calloway family and their friends are not always likable, but the story is never boring, and at times, it’s quite moving ... For readers who enjoy family drama with a touch of self-deprecation and New York City settings.
As the curtain closes on the Calloways’ fraught love story, faithful readers will feel sad but satisfied ... The reliable pleasures of McInerney’s writing make even this darkest chapter a fun read.
