Reviews round-up
Cool Machine
by Colson Whitehead
7 of 7 critics positive
11 reviews: 3 raves, 4 positives; 4 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“A triumph of molls, dolls and deadpan humour”
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: A triumph of molls, dolls and deadpan humour
“dazzling, humor-infused masterpiece”
Review: Is this the book of the year? Colson Whitehead’s Harlem trilogy meets its perfect, gritty end
“sure to make it a classic of New York fiction”
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: a fitting end to the Harlem trilogy that is sure to make it a classic of New York fiction
“action-filled homage to New York City”
Cool Machine review: Colson Whitehead caps off Harlem Trilogy crime series with action-filled homage to New York City
“freewheeling fun”
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review – final part of the Harlem Trilogy is freewheeling fun
“Pulls Off Another Score”
With His Latest, Colson Whitehead Pulls Off Another Score
“'funny, incisive and wise'”
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead review: 'funny, incisive and wise'
Colson Whitehead concludes his three-part love letter to New York
Cool Machine by Colson Whitehead: Violence, humour and sharp social criticism
Heists, rap and Reaganomics — a crime caper in 1980s New York
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
