Mason’s Reviews > Tom's Crossing > Status Update

I love the method of narration, and it's a great testament to the novel's quality that the tidbits of random lives we get are so profound. Many artists play with the idea of community and storytelling but it's the thoughtfulness deployed here which makes it resonate so. I had to pause for a moment, strangely affected by the death of a character I'd known for three sentences.

Sensational. Has me hanging on each word. To think that I barely cared for horses 400 pages ago - some of Danielewski's descriptions have nearly moved me to tears. Also, the framing of the narrative is ingenious.