In the following excerpt, Maitland examines the weaknesses of Monkeys, noting that the novel lacks substance.
Perhaps I am getting old; surely when I started reviewing, ‘first novels’...
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In the following positive review, Rowlands commends the complexity of the protagonist in Folly.
Set in Boston before World War I, Susan Minot's new novel offers a haunting perspective, not o...
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In the following review, Rubin examines the structure of Folly, crediting the novel's protagonist for the work's “universal” relevance.
At a time when many novelists, li...
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In the following essay, Thiebaux provides an overview of Minot's life and work, based on an interview with Minot upon the publication of Folly.
Understatement is the novelist's prefer...
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In the following excerpt, Bell offers a mixed assessment of Folly, praising Minot's virtuosity, but finding fault with the novel's circumscribed milieu and idiom.
Somewhere in his jou...
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In the following excerpt, Davenport explores the narrative significance of historical context in Folly.
In 1850 Alessandro Manzoni published an essay called Del romanzo storico (it first appeared i...
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In the following review, Duchêne compares Folly to Edith Wharton's novels of manners, highlighting similarities between their protagonists and tone.
Writing in 1925 about the craft of...
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In the following positive review, Wiegand attributes the success of Evening to Minot's attention to detail.
The characters in Susan Minot's achingly sad new novel, Evening, are like f...
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In the following excerpt, Wood assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Evening, commenting that the prose in the novel is occasionally “just too casual.”
Scarcely anyone now turns to...
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In the following positive review, Smith comments on the themes, characters, and moods in Monkeys.
Only the first story, not chapter really, is told by Sophie, one of the seven Vincent children [in ...
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In the following review, Fleming explores Minot's ruminations on death in Evening.
The narrating consciousness of Susan Minot's third novel [Evening] belongs to sixty-five-year-old An...
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In the following mixed review, Moore praises the narrative significance of memory in Evening, but criticizes the novel's highly stylized prose.
[Evening] is a novel about the big issues: the...
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In the following excerpt, Allen criticizes the sexual premise and Minot's “shoddy” writing in Rapture.
The novella form sneaks in and out of fashion. At its best—in the ...
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In the following review, Wilson examines the ultra-fictional qualities of Lust and Other Stories.
Among other things, Susan Minot's Lust and Other Stories reminds us that New York City is a ...
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In the following review, Blais assesses the effectiveness of the minimalist style of Lust and Other Stories.
Three years ago, Susan Minot's short, beautiful first novel, Monkeys, established...
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In the following mixed review, Eder praises Minot's skillful prose, but finds Lust and Other Stories repetitious, distant, and thematically limited.
For Susan Minot's young women, ent...
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In the following excerpt, Wall explores Minot's motivations behind her minimalist techniques in Lust and Other Stories.
Susan Minot's volume [Lust and Other Stories] is a slim one, an...
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In the following excerpt, French examines the theme and tone of Lust and Other Stories, praising the collection's subject matter, but questioning its sense of decorum.
It's virtually ...
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In the following review, Solomon praises the characterization, narrative tension, and successful evocation of setting in Folly.
When Susan Minot's debut novel-in-vignettes, Monkeys, appeared...
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In the following review, Eder offers a negative assessment of Folly, calling the novel underdeveloped and predictable.
In Monkeys, her splendid first novel, Susan Minot placed a large and troubled ...
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Evening Running time 126 minutes Written by Michael Cunningham and Susan Minot Directed by Lajos KoltaiStarring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Natasha Richardson
Lajos Koltai’s...
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EVENING Running time 113 minutes Written by Michael Cunningham and Susan Minot Directed by Lajos KoltaiStarring Vanessa Redgrave, Meryl Streep, Claire Danes, Hugh Dancy
Red-faced, Iâ€&#...
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The final installment of the Harry Potter series isn't out until mid-July, but you don't have to go bookless to the beach; there are plenty of titles out there perfect for relaxing in the sun."Harr...
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As Newsweek recently reminded us, sibling dynamics are as important (psychologically, developmentally, etc.) as anything that goes on between a parent and child. The internecine struggle between br...
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As Newsweek recently reminded us, sibling dynamics are as important (psychologically, developmentally, etc.) as anything that goes on between a parent and child. The internecine struggle between br...
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WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST-SELLERSFICTION1. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead Hardcover)2. "Lean Mean Thirteen" by Janet Evanovich (St. Martin's Press)3. "Bungalow 2" by Daniel...
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Back when summer actually meant a few months of relaxing and down time to New Yorkers, one of the most treasured rituals was the weekly trip to the neighborhood bookstore, to choose a new book (or ...
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Back when summer actually meant a few months of relaxing and down time to New Yorkers, one of the most treasured rituals was the weekly trip to the neighborhood bookstore, to choose a new book (or ...
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Critical Review by Sara Maitland
Lights Out
