Reviews

The State by Tommy Orange

trinity's review

5.0

This is mind-blowingly beautiful. If you like the luscious language and imagery of Karen Russell (Vampires in the Lemon Grove), you might give this story a try.

joelleps's review

4.0

Not so much short story as a chapter excerpted from the novel [b:There There|36692478|There There|Tommy Orange|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1512071034s/36692478.jpg|58040066], & published shortly before the book (as a teaser?). I read it in context of the whole book, where it works well as 1 of many POVs (this is the only part of the novel written in 2nd-person). I'm not sure how well it would stand alone, but it's an interesting part of an amazing whole. :-)