Review: I stayed up too late to finish it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 12, 2014
I'm a big fan of Karen Russell and was not disappointed by Sleep Donation, although in some ways it's as much a meditation as a story. Readers should understand that Russell is a literary fiction writer & if they're looking for a more traditional science fiction story, that's not what this is. But as one expects from Russell, it's beautifully crafted and engaging. Not quite the tour de force of "Swamplandia," or the compact delights of the stories in "Vampires in the Lemon Grove," but quite impressive nonetheless.