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Review: She Sees Ghosts. What Can They Teach Her About Grief?
Chris Hewitt says Natalie Adler’s debut shows the range of queer ghost stories and the genre’s mix of humor, fear and emotional depth.
- Critic Google Chris Hewitt of The Minnesota Star Tribune Waiting praised Natalie Adler's debut novel "Waiting on a Friend," arguing she can do what established authors like Ann Patchett, Patrick Ryan and Celeste do.
- Adler's novel demonstrates strong command of setting and atmosphere through detailed prose and vivid description that conveys a distinct sense of time and place.
- The novel blends queer ghost stories with substantive narrative, offering both substance and levity through compelling characters that drive the plot forward with concrete actions.
- Hewitt noted Natalie Adler employs a more anarchic sense of humor compared to contemporaries and uses frank language distinctively, finding the pacing compelling enough to read quickly.
- Although incorporating autobiographical elements, the novel is set in a fictional world, establishing Natalie Adler as a distinctive voice blending personal and invented elements in her debut novel.
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Review: She sees ghosts. What can they teach her about grief?
“Waiting on a Friend” is Natalie Adler’s first novel but, already, I’d argue she can do what greats like Ann Patchett, Patrick Ryan and Celeste Ng do. Their novels don’t fit in any genre but they are both substantive and…
The Gays and Their Ghosts: Natalie Adler Recommends Queer Ghost Stories
Gays and ghosts have a natural kinship. Both may elicit fear in unsuspecting passerby. You may feel vaguely unmoored, inexplicably nervous at their presence, particularly if you, yourself, have an unacknowledged kinship. But when you accept the presence and fully see them, you enter into a whole new reality. Ghosts have a cheeky answer to the question of “visibility.” Better, perhaps, to have the power to choose who can see you—a jangle of chain…
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