" Huh. Weird book. I had really wanted to read this book, had it on my list for a long time before I could get it in the U.S. Then, when I actually read it, not so much. Maybe it's because I am neither Australian nor Aboriginal, but I didn't understand what was going on for substantial stretches of a very long book. Character showed up after being gone for 200 pages (Norm Phantom, Bruiser). Major plot issues just occurred, as if they included in some other addition with more build up on them (the mine). It's no doubt that stretches are beautifully written, but I don't have a goddamn clue what happened in this book and I felt like in reading other magical realism authors like Marquez or Rushdie I still grasped the book even if I missed the nuance. Here, I am not even sure I know how most of it ended up. Maybe a book I would have enjoyed during college when I was guided through it. Now, I am just let down that I looked forward to it so much and I got so little out of it in the end. "
— Caleb, 1/28/2014