" Something like The Wind in the Willows on steroids. A emotionally apocalyptic tale that is at once laudatory of grey design while cautionary of rapid industrialization. Like Hoban's Frances books, it's hard to categorize this work. What I can do is commend the fine writing, the crafty plot, inventive characterizations and well told tale. I can see elements of The Odyssey here. There's a little bit of Pilgrim's Progress, as well. Altogether modern with a zen assertion on the importance of "flowing" through travails. It's a dear story and easy to like. "
— Gary, 1/25/2014