Reviews round-up
Switzy
by Emma Cline
6 of 6 critics positive
7 reviews: 4 raves, 2 positives; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“profoundly moving”
Switzy by Emma Cline review – this Booker-listed account of a man’s last days is profoundly moving
Rave
Read the review ↗“A remarkable act of imagination and empathy”
Switzy by Emma Cline: A remarkable act of imagination and empathy
Rave
Read the review ↗“superb”
Emma Cline’s Switzy is an audacious portrait of a chosen death
Rave
Read the review ↗“magnificent”
This ‘magnificent’ novel about dementia would be a worthy Booker winner
Positive
Read the review ↗“moments of sublime clarity”
The Novel That Looks Death in the Eye
Positive
Read the review ↗“impressive change of pace”
In ‘Switzy,’ a Final Flight Allows a Reckoning With Life on the Ground
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.
