Reviews round-up
Glyph
by Ali Smith
9 of 9 critics positive
10 reviews: 2 raves, 7 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“the ghost story of our time – and her most vital novel yet”
Ali Smith’s haunting Glyph is the ghost story of our time – and her most vital novel yet
“an exhilarating and excoriating follow-up to Gliff”
Ali Smith’s Glyph is an exhilarating and excoriating follow-up to Gliff
“Ali Smith brings some light in "Glyph" to balance dark times”
Ali Smith brings some light in "Glyph" to balance dark times in "Gliff"
“a clever and enjoyable companion piece”
Glyph by Ali Smith
“a powerful interrogation of language in the age of mechanical mass destruction”
Glyph by Ali Smith review – bearing witness to the war in Gaza
“a funny, metafictional morality tale”
Ali Smith’s Glyph goes back to the future
“full of chameleons and tricksters”
Glyph by Ali Smith review: 'full of chameleons and tricksters'
“Puns, jokes and weirdness — yes, it’s a new Ali Smith novel”
Puns, jokes and weirdness — yes, it’s a new Ali Smith novel
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