+ – Ind. 60: 1041. My. 3, ’06. 650w.
“The author has employed a seductive, pseudo-mystical manner of expression and made a deliberate effort to destroy every reason for the hopes and affections which fill life with interest.”
– Ind. 61: 1159. N. 15, ’06. 30w.
“Mrs. Sedgwick works on a high plane, and many who care little for the metaphysics of the book will value it for its graces of style and grasp of character.”
+ Lond. Times. 5: 104. Mr. 23, ’06. 420w.
“It is a book of great power and significance. The author’s grasp of her material and her instinct for what is vital have kept her characters thoroughly alive—even Gavin, in spite of himself—but the novel would have gained in every way had not the drama been so often obscured under the study of a soul.”
+ + – N. Y. Times. 11: 178. Mr. 24, ’06. 1490w.
Reviewed by Louise Collier Willcox.
+ – North American. 182: 929. Je. ’06. 220w. + Outlook. 82: 757. Mr. 31, ’06. 460w. + Pub. Opin. 40: 378. Mr. 24, ’06. 390w.
“Is unreal and unconvincing”