Ecstasy
An ambitious debut ... Stiletto-sharp ... What ensues in Ecstasy isn’t exactly a surprise, even if you haven’t read Euripides, though it’s still shocking. Nearly 2,500 years after The Bacchae, Pochoda proves that the old gods never die. They just move on to another party.
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Quick, bloody fun, even as it turns on the hardships of middle age ... Ms. Pochoda knows her myths; it’s a pity she doesn’t give most of the characters the complexity that Greek tragedies require. But if you can’t make it to Mykonos or Corfu for parties this summer, this book may be the next best thing.
Full of relentlessly unsettling moments that will shake even the staunchest reader. This fever dream of a story is short and can be consumed easily in one sitting ... A quick and powerful novel that shows off Ivy Pochoda’s gifts as a writer who knows how to get under readers’ skin.
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