Sad Janet (Britsch) - Book Reviews

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A gentle, yet precise probe into the nature of melancholia.… Sad Janet is a strangely exuberant meditation on sadness; Britsch articulates the conflicting comforts and pains of depression in a distinctively memorable, wise way.
Refinery29


[A] darkly comic debut, a deadpan, abrasive narrator muses on her depression.… Janet has a gift for homing in on her own emotional state and everyone else’s, which Britsch renders in rueful, knowing prose…. [T]his monologue on unhappiness is undeniably infectious.
Publishers Weekly


(Starred review) The narrative voice of Janet in Britsch’s debut novel is a skin-tingling combination of new and necessary…. This book and this character are radical, and readers are likely to feel a relief at reading the thoughts they’ve had but not spoken.
Booklist


[A] darkly humorous debut… [and] sardonic portrayal of self-improvement…. However, by its end, it becomes a sort of echo chamber unto itself, full of cynicism, angst, existential ennui, and no solution. Perhaps that is life. A misanthropic tale goes awry.
Kirkus Reviews