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Washington Post and The Readers of Broken Wheel Demand

Washington Post has reviewed The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend, calling it “charmingly original”. I have never seriously considered the question of a sequel, especially since by definition, the first thing you have to do is destroy all your happy endings to create new problems for characters that have already, in my opinion, been through enough in the hands of a sadistic writer (and you have to be sadistic as a writer).

But I have to admit, the idea of a serie is surprisingly fun – especially when it comes with great suggestions such as these:

Alongside their scheme involving Sara, the readers of Broken Wheel have their own matters of the heart to attend to, including unresolved grief, unresolved child custody and unresolved sexual orientation. In fact, there’s so much material here, it might be easy for Bivald to write a sequel to this novel or spin it into a series. “The Readers of Broken Wheel” could “Celebrate,” “Demand” or “Travel” next.

Read the entire review here