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One reviewer noted that this book draws " on such well-known dystopias as A Clockwork Orange, Lord of the Flies, and A Canticle for Leibowitz ", and " what is unique in Hoban's haunting vision of the future is his language " which is described as being similar to the Nadsat slang spoken in Anthony Burgess ' A Clockwork Orange.

Library Journal called the book " a unique and beloved place among the few after-Armageddon classics ".

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that " The force and beauty and awfulness of Hoban's creation is shattering " and also praised the use of a crude " Chaucerian English " by the author.

It was included in David Pringle's book Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels.