Reviews round-up
Whistler
by Ann Patchett
5 of 7 critics positive
8 reviews: 1 rave, 4 positives, 2 mixed; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“Will Engage Your Mind and Warm Your Heart”
Ann Patchett’s Latest Will Engage Your Mind and Warm Your Heart
“her most intimate novel yet”
Review: Ann Patchett writes about fathers, grief and New York in her most intimate novel yet
“a testament to the transformative power of storytelling”
Whistler by Ann Patchett: a lesser-told love story between step-parents and stepchildren
“the warmth and wisdom of Ann Patchett”
Chance encounters and lost love — the warmth and wisdom of Ann Patchett
“a pacy metafiction where rich people are nice to each other”
Whistler by Ann Patchett: a pacy metafiction where rich people are nice to each other
“a saccharine story of reunion”
Whistler by Ann Patchett review – a saccharine story of reunion
Whistler by Ann Patchett — coming to terms with the past
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