Lange has proved herself to be a deft spinner of shamrock-tinged family yarns ... As for Lange’s missteps, there are a few ... The setup feels binary, as if Lange used a thick crayon when a mechanical pencil would have sufficed. Still, overdrawn though it might be, her portrait of complicated, deeply rooted relationships is a sight to behold.
Lange has proved herself to be a deft spinner of shamrock-tinged family yarns ... As for Lange’s missteps, there are a few ... The setup feels binary, as if Lange used a thick crayon when a mechanical pencil would have sufficed. Still, overdrawn though it might be, her portrait of complicated, deeply rooted relationships is a sight to behold.
he unfolding of Casey and Kyle’s secrets keeps the story interesting, although an anti-feminist subtext that emerges may disturb some readers. Deft plotting is undermined by overdone description in this hockey-heavy domestic drama.
