Reviews

Exes by Max Winter

nina_andreyevna's review against another edition

4.0

Weird and elliptical and poignant and funny and flawed and immensely appealing. Thanks for the galley, AWP. This was fun.

jonathanwlodarski's review against another edition

5.0

What a kaleidoscopic, telescopic novel. Winter melds form with story in a way that transcends its gimmick to feel organic--in the past, I've spoken out against the 800-page novel that tries to encompass everything, but here's a novel that manages to do it in only 210. That alone should be praise enough to convince you to buy a copy for you and ten for your friends: its specificity, its universality, is astounding. Written across more than a half-dozen perspectives, each of which feel inhabited and authentic, the story feels staccato and legato and fluid and breakneck all at the same time. This is the kind of novel that captivates the mind and becomes a staple of craft/theory coursework. Bravo, Max Winter. I'm watching you.

My rating: 5/5

kerstynleigh's review against another edition

1.0

I got maybe ten pages in and decided this book is absolutely not for me. Don't want to have to read the same sentence three times before deciding to just move on and hope the next one makes more sense - over and over again.

garneteyes's review

3.0

This book was fun to read but the writing style was.. different. One of those books that didn't entirely make sense, had a hard time keeping track of the characters. Definitely well written and interesting/funny, but found it a little confusing.