Reviews round-up
Small Rain
by Garth Greenwell
3 of 4 critics positive
8 reviews: 3 positives, 1 pan; 4 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“finds the language to capture the ineffable human experience of serious illness”
The Nearly Impossible Task of Describing Pain
Positive
Read the review ↗“vivid and generous third novel”
Small Rain by Garth Greenwell review – staring death in the face
Pan
Read the review ↗“The Endless Drama, and Tedium, of a Medical Mystery”
The Endless Drama, and Tedium, of a Medical Mystery (Published 2024)
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“A Turn for the Worse”
Mia Levitin - A Turn for the Worse
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Emily Witt · American Unreason: Garth Greenwell’s ‘Small Rain’
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗An Anatomist of Pleasure Gives Voice to the Body in Pain
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.
