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.

In the following excerpt, Wood assesses the strengths and weaknesses of Evening, commenting that the prose in the novel is occasionally “just too casual.”

In the following positive review, Wiegand attributes the success of Evening to Minot's attention to detail.

In the following mixed review, Eder praises Minot's skillful prose, but finds Lust and Other Stories repetitious, distant, and thematically limited.

In the following excerpt, Allen criticizes the sexual premise and Minot's “shoddy” writing in Rapture.

In the following review, Rubin examines the structure of Folly, crediting the novel's protagonist for the work's “universal” relevance.

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.

In the following review, Fleming explores Minot's ruminations on death in Evening.

In the following excerpt, Davenport explores the narrative significance of historical context in Folly.

In the following review, Eder offers a negative assessment of Folly, calling the novel underdeveloped and predictable.

In the following review, Solomon praises the characterization, narrative tension, and successful evocation of setting in Folly.

In the following review, Duchêne compares Folly to Edith Wharton's novels of manners, highlighting similarities between their protagonists and tone.

In the following review, Blais assesses the effectiveness of the minimalist style of Lust and Other Stories.

In the following positive review, Rowlands commends the complexity of the protagonist in Folly.

In the following mixed review, Moore praises the narrative significance of memory in Evening, but criticizes the novel's highly stylized prose.

In the following excerpt, Wall explores Minot's motivations behind her minimalist techniques in Lust and Other Stories.

In the following review, Wilson examines the ultra-fictional qualities of Lust and Other Stories.

In the following positive review, Smith comments on the themes, characters, and moods in Monkeys.

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.

In the following excerpt, Maitland examines the weaknesses of Monkeys, noting that the novel lacks substance.