Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes (West) - Book Reviews

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West’s humorous debut channels… competitive parenting and overblown school drama.… West successfully unpacks the problems of shaming and cancel culture with tight plotting and clean prose. [She] demonstrates a worthy talent for tragicomedy.
Publishers Weekly



The politics of high school…. Though the characterizations sometimes come a little too close to caricature, West has expertly captured the high school culture of today in a novel that is at times cringe-worthy and eventually hopeful. —Jane Jorgenson, Madison P.L., WI
Library Journal


A cutting and witty examination of modern parenting that excels in suburban relatability, West's debut novel will pique the curiosity of fans of Maria Semple's Where'd You Go, Bernadette.
Booklist

 
[S]harp, unflinching…. [H]igh school students… have to learn about kindness and mentoring, bullying and inappropriate behavior by judging their parents' and teachers' actions rather than those of their peers. An excellent, nuanced exploration of the world of high school.
Kirkus Reviews