Reviews round-up
Helen of Nowhere
by Makenna Goodman
4 of 5 critics positive
6 reviews: 1 rave, 3 positives, 1 pan; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“a perfect fairytale for our times”
Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman review – a perfect fairytale for our times
Positive
Read the review ↗“offers up an exhilarating myth for men who need to be shuffled offstage”
Enter Man | Joanna Biggs
Positive
Read the review ↗“this bold outing from Goodman”
Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman
Positive
Read the review ↗“arrives like a skittish mustang: feral and free-roaming”
This truly feral story marks the return of the weird novel
Pan
Read the review ↗“Too clever by half”
Helen of Nowhere by Makenna Goodman: Too clever by half
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“A disgraced academic faces an unusual rural reckoning”
Makenna Goodman’s surreal cancel-culture comedy
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.
