Review: even gritty enough 
Sentiment: positive

Review: designed to fill time , providing no real sense of suspense 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a straight-ahead thriller that 
Sentiment: positive

Review: fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent 
Sentiment: positive


Review: form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand