In his review, he writes, "Everyone was anxious that North should be a great book; when it turned out it wasn't, it was treated as one anyway, and made into an Ulster '75 Exhibition of the Good that can come out of Troubled Times."
In his review, he highlights, "The entire community was anxious that North would be a landmark book; when it did not fulfill these lofty aspirations, it was still regarded as a notable achievement and repositioned as an Ulster '75 Exhibition of the Most Beneficial Results from Challenging Circumstances."