Reviews for Garner

The average rating for Garner based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-10-29 00:00:00 James Wampler People who like this novel use the word "beautiful" the most, but I found it more playful than beautiful, playful in the sense of joy in trying things, seeing how things work out. In Garner, everything is in play: time, point of view, person, character, relationships, poetry and prose. Most of what Allio touches works, and although this is, at only one of many levels, a murder mystery, not knowing what's going to come next has very little to do with the murder, it's about Allio's unpredictable whims. I can't say I always enjoyed this novel, but I always marveled at Allio's guts and skills. I can't wait to read more of her work, and I don't understand why she hasn't been more celebrated. A 4.5.

Review # 2 was written on 2007-10-31 00:00:00 Oliver Ortiz Allio's language leaves me wordless. Not speechless. Wordless. She has stolen all the words I might have used to describe her work and used them in her book. That is, the only way I can think of to relate Allio's. . . mastery, Allio's. . . majesty, is to suggest to you, to humbly entreat you to read what she has written. It is Garner.