Gripping ... Wright’s visceral depiction of the Oct. 7 attacks at the novel’s climax forces us to weigh the value of a single life against another, to engage in this conflict that has turned into a human scale. Given the passions raging around the current war in Gaza, Wright’s book is a gutsy one to write ... Wright succeeds in this complex, deeply felt work.
Wright delivers a page-turning narrative about events so recent they were covered in yesterday’s newspapers ... A virtue of The Human Scale is its refusal to simplify.
