L.A. Review of Books"…elegant, crystalline, eminently readable…"
Flavorwire"…a fresh and important new voice in literature… Ambitious but difficult to pin down, smart, stylish, and filled with supercharged prose that pulsed with the searing intensity few writers could maintain throughout an entire book..."
Shelf Awareness"A deeply character-driven book, Green Girl allows its narrator to insert herself with pity, scorn or deliberate self-recognition, as though a god watching her creating crawl fitfully through the city streets...
The Millions"Zambreno's novel unfolds with a filmic quality, of scenes playing out with lyric intensity."
Berfrois"This is Zambreno in high form, unrelenting in her emotional sincerity and intellectual acuity, a necessary voice in a still green world.