The Irish Times·4 min read·medium
The Vivisectors by Missouri Williams: Strange, disturbing and sometimes very good
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John Christopher Vaughan
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Missouri Williams's novel 'The Vivisectors' explores themes of decay, academic pettiness, and the complexities of modern discourse. While the reviewer praises the book's ambition, they criticize its uneven pacing and repetitive prose.
Missouri Williams’s The Vivisectors opens not with a bang, but a whimper: the narrator’s mother has attempted to end her life and failed, managing only to become paralysed and dependent.
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