Reviews round-up
Dominion
by Addie E. Citchens
3 of 4 critics positive
6 reviews: 3 positives, 1 mixed; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“stellar Southern drama of secrets and sin”
Dominion by Addie E Citchens
Positive
Read the review ↗“sharp portrait of cruelty and inheritance”
Dominion by Addie E Citchens review – Women’s prize-shortlisted portrait of patriarchy’s horrors
Positive
Read the review ↗A Novel That Offers the Pleasure of Seeing a Perfect Family Crumble (Published 2025)
Mixed
Read the review ↗“gripping – but its tragedy is too hastily resolved”
A novel to drag us into the rotten heart of the American Deep South
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“a dire morality tale about the suppression of desire”
A Portrait of Southern Sexual Repression
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“full of gossip, secrets and scandal”
Wife of a preacher man — a Mississippi soap opera
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.
