My Kirkus Review came back today
I decided to wait until a Kirkus Review was returned before I self-published The Search for Circe. That review is now in my hands, and it's available in full now on the Kirkus website. Here's my thumbnail analysis of the review. It is uneven if an author is looking to earn Kirkus stars and imagine the reviewer doing handsprings across the living room floor. The final analysis misses the mark, but it misses the mark because there are assumptions that are simply not true, and those assumptions are a foundation for much of the reviewer's final analysis. I'll accent two areas of disagreement. The reviewer includes this near the end of the analysis: "One can imagine the Chuck Palahniuk-style mind-bender that the author was envisioning ..." That assumption is objectionable. I wasn't trying to copy Chuck Palahniuk's style or goals. In fact, I make it a point to avoid cliche characters and story lines. Many indie authors do their damnedest to color with