If the message of the book can be condensed to one line, it would be “say what you feel, damnit!”

Everyone should be reading short fiction. It’s good and good for you. Case closed.

The writing is next level and mind-bogglingly human to its core.

I don’t think I’ve read a clearer book in message and execution before.

I’m not sure how I made it though this beautifully strange book without sobbing, but I did.

This book came out of nowhere for me from an author I’d never heard of, but I’m paying attention now.

Willa Cather is the master of capturing Nebraska’s essence.

Hunger, violence, longing, and humor: a coming-of-age concoction that's an unexpectedly perfect blend.

“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”

Cormac McCarthy is proof that the rules for writing are only guidelines.