Vulture
Darkly comic, searing ... Greenwood’s graphic details are vivid and disturbing ... Greenwood’s stinging, salient novel remains relevant (the more things change, the more they stay the same), excoriating those who make a business of war whether it’s public or personal ... Provocative.
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A caustic study ... The title of the book is testament to its wry tone, and ultimately its position ... Occasionally, Greenwood’s creative writing feels less successful than the news writing within it: the protagonist’s filed copy is sometimes clearer than the prose itself. But Vulture remains a remarkably skilful debut. Greenwood’s style is compelling and blackly comic; the story could not be more serious.
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[Filled with] mordant humor and breathtaking immediacy ... Greenwood deftly portrays Byrne’s downward spiral, though some of her touches don’t quite work ... A tad heavy-handed ... The devastating consequences of Byrne’s recklessness foreshadow the apocalypse unfolding in contemporary Gaza.
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