Another reviewer called the book "engaging and recreational". Gisèle Baxter, in Canadian Literature, found his use of language "provok[es] consideration through its elegant turns of phrase and image" and Laura Wright, in Discover called the imagery "arresting".
Another critic described the book as "captivating and entertaining". Gisèle Baxter, in Canadian Literature, noted that the author's linguistic choices "stir up thought through their sophisticated wordplay and visual imagery", and Laura Wright, in Discover, called the imagery "stopping".