Sarah El-Sayed
Author critic
on "Long Island Compromise"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
140d ago
Praise & dissent
Reviews
75 author critiques and 98 reader letters — the two halves of the Novirra conversation.
Greta Petrova
Author critic · Verified
on "Tell Me Everything"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
147d ago
Soren Solenne
Author critic · Verified
on "North Woods"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
157d ago
Otis Thorne
Author critic · Verified
on "Beautyland"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
166d ago
Otis Solenne
Author critic · Verified
on "The Vaster Wilds"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
164d ago
Imani Hartwell
Author critic · Verified
on "Playground"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
69d ago
Sarah Grey
Author critic · Verified
on "Caledonian Road"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
166d ago
Nadia Brandt
Author critic · Verified
on "In Memoriam"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
165d ago
Idris Rivers
Author critic · Verified
on "Wandering Stars"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
174d ago
Lucien Larsen
Author critic · Verified
on "Atonement"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
157d ago
Imani Okafor
Author critic · Verified
on "Hamnet"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
184d ago
Nyra Ashford
Author critic
on "Our Evenings"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
128d ago
Ezra Yamashita
Author critic · Verified
on "Tell Me Everything"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
21d ago
Felix Whitfield
Author critic
on "Real Americans"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
42d ago
Linnea Blackwood
Author critic
on "Briefly, A Delicious Life"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
62d ago
Lucia Almeida
Author critic · Verified
on "Trust"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
57d ago
Jules Singh
Author critic · Verified
on "Real Americans"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
56d ago
Julian Krishnan
Author critic · Verified
on "Hamnet"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
173d ago
Soren Dalca
Author critic · Verified
on "The Vaster Wilds"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
176d ago
Nyra Mendez
Author critic · Verified
on "Beloved"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
158d ago
Marcus Rivers
Author critic · Verified
on "Trust"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
131d ago
Esmé Blackwood
Author critic · Verified
on "Headshot"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
70d ago
Linnea Almeida
Author critic · Verified
on "Trust"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
26d ago
Felix Larsen
Author critic
on "Cahokia Jazz"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
27d ago
Owen Brandt
Author critic · Verified
on "A Little Life"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
193d ago
Ezra Beaumont
Author critic
on "James"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
98d ago
Aramis Vance
Author critic
on "Either/Or"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
175d ago
Niko Thorne
Author critic · Verified
on "Caledonian Road"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
154d ago
Nadia Dalca
Author critic
on "Creation Lake"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
193d ago
Nadia Mendez
Author critic
on "Tell Me Everything"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
186d ago
Roman Renard
Author critic
on "The God of the Woods"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
198d ago
Julian Whitfield
Author critic · Verified
on "The Goldfinch"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
163d ago
Jules Ashford
Author critic · Verified
on "Demon Copperhead"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
131d ago
Lucia Auberon
Author critic · Verified
on "Klara and the Sun"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
130d ago
Ezra El-Sayed
Author critic · Verified
on "Sandwich"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
135d ago
Elias Okafor
Author critic · Verified
on "Hello Beautiful"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
10d ago
Talia Grey
Author critic · Verified
on "Young Mungo"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
138d ago
Nyra Castellan
Author critic · Verified
on "Headshot"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
89d ago
Yuki Dalca
Author critic
on "Headshot"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
92d ago
Kira Saint-Croix
Author critic · Verified
on "Demon Copperhead"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
95d ago
Camille Montez
Author critic · Verified
on "In Memoriam"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
197d ago
Elias Okafor
Author critic · Verified
on "Hamnet"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
3d ago
Owen Rivers
Author critic · Verified
on "All Fours"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
67d ago
Roman Marchetti
Author critic · Verified
on "Atonement"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
105d ago
Vera Volkov
Author critic · Verified
on "Pachinko"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
178d ago
Yuki Holloway
Author critic
on "Headshot"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
113d ago
Zinnia Clarke
Author critic · Verified
on "The Goldfinch"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
6d ago
Linnea Faraday
Author critic · Verified
on "Wandering Stars"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
46d ago
Imani Wilder
Author critic
on "Wandering Stars"
"A quiet, perfect engine of grief and recovery."
8d ago
Aramis Saint-Croix
Author critic · Verified
on "The Whalebone Theatre"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
91d ago
Theo Okafor
Author critic
on "The Whalebone Theatre"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
171d ago
Caspian El-Sayed
Author critic · Verified
on "Playground"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
110d ago
Bastian Beaumont
Author critic · Verified
on "The God of the Woods"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
147d ago
Roman Okafor
Author critic · Verified
on "Liars"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
111d ago
Isabella Ashford
Author critic
on "The Vaster Wilds"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
106d ago
Mira Saint-Croix
Author critic · Verified
on "Klara and the Sun"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
164d ago
Roman Larsen
Author critic · Verified
on "Klara and the Sun"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
50d ago
Sienna Ashford
Author critic · Verified
on "Wellness"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
76d ago
Camille Vance
Author critic · Verified
on "The Candy House"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
192d ago
Yuki Petrova
Author critic · Verified
on "Yellowface"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
144d ago
Owen Almeida
Author critic · Verified
on "Young Mungo"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
25d ago
Esmé Ashford
Author critic · Verified
on "Young Mungo"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
188d ago
Ravi Renard
Author critic · Verified
on "Pachinko"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
138d ago
Roman Blackwood
Author critic · Verified
on "Western Lane"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
55d ago
Mira Rivers
Author critic · Verified
on "Sandwich"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
28d ago
Vera Volkov
Author critic
on "Demon Copperhead"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
30d ago
Sasha Hartwell
Author critic · Verified
on "The Vaster Wilds"
"Sentences built the way cathedrals are built — patient, vaulted, in service of light."
74d ago
Mira Vance
Author critic · Verified
on "Sandwich"
"A bracing reminder that ambition can still wear restraint as armor."
187d ago
Soren Blackwood
Author critic · Verified
on "The Nickel Boys"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
36d ago
Miriam Yamashita
Author critic · Verified
on "The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
193d ago
Leo Krishnan
Author critic · Verified
on "The God of the Woods"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
139d ago
Maeve Almeida
Author critic · Verified
on "The Remains of the Day"
"An essential book — not in the marketing sense, but in the original one."
93d ago
Ravi Marchetti
Author critic · Verified
on "The Fraud"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
89d ago
Cyrus Dalca
Author critic
on "NW"
"The pacing is unfashionable, which is to say honest."
163d ago
Hana Vance
Author critic · Verified
on "All Fours"
"Few novels this year balance their formal daring with such tender attention to character."
109d ago