"[Oyeyemi] makes us glad to suspend disbelief."
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The New York Times Book Review "Profoundly chilling . . . a slow-building neo-Gothic that will leave persevering readers breathless."
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The Boston Globe "If you've been missing Shirley Jackson all these many years . . . here's a writer who seems to be a direct heir to that lamented one's gothic throne."
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The Austin Chronicle "Superbly atmospheric. . . . The dark tones of Poe in her haunting have also the elasticity of Haruki Murakami's surreal mental landscapes."
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The Independent (UK)
"[Oyeyemi's] technical skill as a novelist is remarkable, her range of reference formidable and her use of language virtuosic."
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The Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Appealing from page one.... Unconventional, intoxicating and deeply disquieting."
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Laced with thought-provoking story lines."
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