Sadie Stein in The New York Times:
You know instantly when you’re in Kate Atkinson’s world. It’s dark, slightly Gothic, mordantly funny, keenly observed, highly textured and always full of surprises. Atkinson my not be easy to characterize — she’s a master of every genre she tries — but one thing’s for sure: You’ll be completely absorbed.
In her long, prolific career, the British author has written crime thrillers, trippy time-jumping fantasies that flirt with magical realism, uncanny short stories, literary fiction, gothic family sagas, metaphysical quests and straight period pieces. For fifteen books, she has kept readers guessing, entertained, baffled, thrilled and eager to return to her distinctive, slightly…
Sadie Stein in The New York Times:
You know instantly when you’re in Kate Atkinson’s world. It’s dark, slightly Gothic, mordantly funny, keenly observed, highly textured and always full of surprises. Atkinson my not be easy to characterize — she’s a master of every genre she tries — but one thing’s for sure: You’ll be completely absorbed.
In her long, prolific career, the British author has written crime thrillers, trippy time-jumping fantasies that flirt with magical realism, uncanny short stories, literary fiction, gothic family sagas, metaphysical quests and straight period pieces. For fifteen books, she has kept readers guessing, entertained, baffled, thrilled and eager to return to her distinctive, slightly warped universe. You might not love all of them equally — they’re too different to please everyone — but you’ll never get tired of observing her inventive mind at work.
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