Private Rites
Captivating ... Probing ... Armfield forgoes sentimental scenes and simple answers for suspense and horror, building an eerie mystery around an incident in Carmichael’s own house ... Armfield invites us in, honoring the greatness and darkness of Lear’s drama. Then, thrillingly, she starts throwing stones.
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Armfield’s writing is evocative yet grounded, blending the mythical with the cavalier ... Her imagination is vivid.
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So compelling partly because both the narrator and the protagonists feel intensely drawn to this watery world, even as they know it signals their end ... Armfield is always committed to experiments with genre and here she rips away realism, suggesting the old novelistic forms are as inadequate now as the half‑hearted forms of political protest that take place in the background.
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