“This book swept me off my feet or off the floor or into the dustbin or off a steep cliff or into the ocean or onto a slip-stream-of-consciousness-word-association bender or into a neat pile that was later partially hoovered up and partially blown out the window by a little breeze that may have been the sigh of Princess Diana's ghost. The language will either put you off or pull you in from page 1. I'm glad it pulled me in because the themes and characters couldn't be more fascinating. Overall, I feel as if I didn't really "get" everything that Smith was doing (or maybe just gesturing toward) with her play on verb tenses, but it didn't take away from the stories at all.”
Amber H wrote this review Sunday, January 25, 2009.
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