If You Love It, Let It Kill You
Hana (or should that be Pittard?) relishes flouting the 'rules' of creative writing here ... With her affectations (such as playing dead) and unreliability, Hana can be a frustrating narrator, but the metafictional angle renders her more wily than precious. The dialogue and scenes sparkle, and there are delightful characters, including Hana's father, who's had five wives and starts microdosing psilocybin at age 80. Pluck any line and it's sure to be memorable ... This gleefully odd book is perfect for Miranda July and Patricia Lockwood fans.
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A wild romp of a novel that might have been more successful if the writer weren’t still out for revenge ... Pittard’s prose hums with wit and verve, paragraphs and pages ricocheting from one sharp or devastating or shocking observation to the next. Ultimately, though, the novel never quite transcends its backstory or makes meaning of its protagonist’s ennui, though Hana’s relationship with her depressed father is poignant.
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Clever ... The novel brims with quick wit ... The writers here might be insufferable, but in Pittard’s skillful hands, they can also be entertaining.
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