Reviews round-up
Queen Esther
by John Irving
0 of 4 critics positive
4 reviews: 3 mixed, 1 pan
What the critics said
Mixed
Read the review ↗“a baggy novel about a Viennese Jewish orphan”
Queen Esther by John Irving
Mixed
Read the review ↗“terrible prose with flashes of his former glory”
John Irving’s new novel — terrible prose with flashes of his former glory
Mixed
Read the review ↗“isn't a masterpiece seems neither surprising nor, frankly”
‘Queen Esther’ isn’t a ‘Cider House Rules’ sequel, but it’s something
Pan
Read the review ↗“a disappointing companion to The Cider House Rules”
Queen Esther by John Irving review – a disappointing companion to The Cider House Rules
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