Esquire.com...

"Ticknor... is a work brilliantly crafted to deliver its revelations and redemptions. It is stylish and slim, but original, and full of feeling." Complete review here.

The Philadelphia Inquirer...

"Heti has nominated a worthy addition to the pantheon of the Woebegone. Somewhere, Prufrock is similing through the tears." Compete review here

San Francisco Chronicle...

"...a tiny postmodern diamond." Complete review here.

The New York Sun...

"Ticknor is one of the year's most enjoyable and formally impressive books." Complete review here.

Boldtype...

"...a feat of virtuoso ventriloquism that puts one in mind of Kazuo Ishiguro's self-deluded butler Stephens in The Remains of the Day ... a mordantly funny anti-history; a pungent and hilarious study of bitterness and promise unfulfilled." Complete review here.

Geist...

"Ticknor... proves that the art of narrative remains strong enough to take us any where at all." Complete review here

The National Post...

"Ticknor... is a small masterpiece of bile." Complete review here.

The Ottawa Citizen...

"Heti has proved once again that no matter how congested our literary byways become, she can be counted on to beat a path entirely her own." Complete review here.