Reviews round-up
Said the Dead
by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
4 of 4 critics positive
6 reviews: 2 raves, 2 positives; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“Struggling to find a book as genius as Doireann Ní Ghríofa's genre-defying offering”
David O'Mahony: Struggling to find a book as genius as Doireann Ní Ghríofa's genre-defying offering
Rave
Read the review ↗“In this stunning hybrid work”
Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
Positive
Read the review ↗“a haunted, intelligent and formally restless novel”
Said the Dead review: Doireann Ní Ghríofa's haunting novel about erased women and Irish institutions
Positive
Read the review ↗“resurrected with imagination and compassion in this extraordinary book”
Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa review – lost voices from an Irish asylum
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“Interesting stories from the lunatic asylum”
Said the Dead by Doireann Ní Ghríofa: Interesting stories from the lunatic asylum
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.
