Kirkus Reviews remarked upon how much Weimar art was political:

For example, Kirkus Reviews quoted South Carolina historian Dr. Walter Edgar on the subject:

Also in 1953, Kirkus Reviews said:

" Kirkus Reviews did not give a starred review but said, " a properly pulse-pounding climax ... The main characters and the continuing story both come along so smartly ... that the book seems shorter than its page count: have readers clear their calendars if they are fans, or get out of the way if they are not.

Kirkus Reviews called it " another grand tale of magic and mystery ... and clicking along so smoothly that it seems shorter than it is ".

It has been described by Kirkus Reviews as a " poignant, clear and vivid portrait.

A review of The Chain of Chance can be found on the Kirkus Reviews website.

" Kirkus Reviews had this recommendation in their review saying " this extraordinary feat of invention and plotting would be all the more impressive had the book not ended with the central mystery unresolved, leaving readers dazzled and annoyed in equal measure.

" Kirkus Reviews called this novel " glum, dyspeptic, and depressing.

As a reviewer for Kirkus Reviews wrote: " Wolf hears America singing by recording poems and essays by the homeless, farmers, commune inhabitants, and residents of small river towns, the most common and least represented element in our urban, urbane culture.

" Kirkus Reviews described the novel as " Flowers for Algernon, centering on sex instead of brains.

Kirkus Reviews called it " worth the wait ".

In 1999 Logan published a book about the Hayride that received acclaim from reviewers such as Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews called the book a " inewy shoot -' em-up, with pikes and muzzle-loaders squared off against modern automatics and 20th-century tactics: a rollicking, good-natured, fact-based flight of fancy that should appeal to alternate-history buffs as well as military-fantasy fans.

Kirkus Reviews commented:

Kirkus Reviews awarded it a starred review with the consensus that " Art, intrigue, and plenty of twists and turns make this art mystery a great read.

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Kirkus Reviews praised the novel's " puns, word plays, and inventive new concepts about the fairy realm " and called the book an " exhilarating Celtic caper " that would " delight fans and make converts of new readers ".

" Kirkus Reviews, however, called the work " dull " and " disappointing ," saying that the characters were " all so burdened by the task of providing the reader with huge dollops of sedulously digested information that Shaara neglects to give them any individual reality.

* Review from April 15, 2001 on Kirkus Reviews

* Review of Without You from Kirkus Reviews

The Black Book of Communism received praise in a number of publications in the United States and Britain, including the Times Literary Supplement, New York Times Book Review, Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, The New Republic, National Review and The Weekly Standard.

There are many special journals devoted to book reviews and they are indexed in special databases such as Book Review Index and Kirkus Reviews but many more book reviews can be found in newspaper databases and in scholarly databases such as Arts and Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index and discipline-specific databases.

Flanagan ’ s first two novels, declared Kirkus Reviews, ‘ rank with the finest fiction out of Australia since the heyday of Patrick White ’.

Kirkus Reviews said Gardner's second Bond novel " is smooth enough-but a good deal less fun than License Renewed.

Kirkus Reviews said that, " Despite too many acronyms, too much artillery, and too many layers of deceptive identity, this is still one of Gardner's better Bonds, guaranteed to make you feel excited as well as a little foolish.

" Kirkus Reviews said that it " transforms the early years of the mythical wizard's life into a vivid, action-filled fantasy, replete with deep forests, ruined castles, and evil spells: a promising first installment of a projected trilogy.

Kirkus said, " Sandom's strength lies in the verve of his story, with writing that has both muscle ...( and ) brains ... Races from improbable to crazywild, all in good fun, with Sandom always one step ahead ... A story with enough manic energy to be worthy of a nuclear explosion.

Kirkus Reviews said, "... Shreve ( Resistance, 1995, etc.

An outstanding debut and a series to watch for procedural fans .” Publishers Weekly praised author French, saying she “… expertly walks the line between police procedural and psychological thriller in her debut ” and that “ Ryan and Maddox are empathetic and flawed heroes, whose partnership and friendship elevate the narrative beyond a gory tale of murdered children and repressed childhood trauma .” Kirkus Reviews said of the novel, “ When not lengthily bogged down in angst, a readable, non-formulaic police procedural with a twist.

" Kirkus Reviews said that " with patience and enormous affection for her four-legged characters, Emshwiller has fashioned an affecting, plausible story that manages to sidestep a heavy-handed symbolism.

Of the book, Kirkus Reviews called it a " true crime page turner " and Booklist said, " Teens will be drawn to this examination of a horrific crime committed by two bright college students.

Kirkus Reviews said that A Hole In Texas was " Ingenious.

Kirkus Reviews said of Dobry, " There's the real feel of the land in the story ".

She joined the PW staff in 1975, after a period as a Saturday Review associate editor, reviewing for Kirkus Reviews and spending 12 years on the San Francisco Chronicle staff.

: You were right on the money with regard to the impact reviews in Publishers Weekly ( PW ), Library Journal ( LJ ), Kirkus Review ( KR ) and the New York Times Book Review ( NYTBR ) have on publishers and sales ; what you may not know is that I also write or have written for all of them.

Kirkus Reviews is published on the first and 15th of each month, giving industry professionals a preview of books prior to their publication.

The Perennial Philosophy was widely reviewed when first published in 1945, with articles appearing in Book Week, Booklist, The Christian Century, Bull VA Kirkus ' Bookshop Serv., The Nation, The New Republic, The New Yorker, Saturday Review of Literature, Springfield Republican, New York Herald Tribune, and the Wilson Bulletin.

It was chosen for the Kirkus 2003 Editor's Choice list.

The novel was met with mostly unfavorable reviews, such as this description from Kirkus:

Kirkus Reviews called it " A powerful recounting of a little-known story " and that the book was " more uplifting than most " Holocaust books.

According to a starred review in Kirkus, Under the Baseball Moon was “… a work that is far beyond the ordinary.

Kirkus Reviews was critical, saying, " As stiff and hard SF as they were, the Mars books succeeded through the sheer chutzpah of their epic insight.

Initially titled the Bulletin, the title was changed to Bulletin from Virginia Kirkus ' Service with the January 1, 1955, issue and successively shortened to Virginia Kirkus ' Service with the December 15, 1964, issue and Kirkus Service in 1967 before attaining its definitive title of Kirkus Reviews with the January 1, 1969, issue.

During the period April 15, 1985-July 15, 1991, it was known as Jim Kobak's Kirkus Reviews.

Kirkus was published by Kirkus ' ( Virginia ) Bookshop Service from 1933 to 1954, Virginia Kirkus ' Service from 1955 to 1966, and Kirkus Service starting in 1967.

In addition, the book was reviewed in Salon, Publishers Weekly, and Kirkus Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews criticized Elvenbane's " shallow characters and a lack of real tension ", but stated that it was an overall entertaining book.

Kirkus also reviewed Elvenblood and Elvenborn, writing that Elvenblood was " modestly appealing and involving, if lacking real bite ".

His 2005 novel The Time in Between won the Scotiabank Giller Prize, received a coveted starred review in the Kirkus Reviews trade magazine, and was recently longlisted for the 2007 IMPAC Award.

* The Ghosts of Watt O ' Hugh by Steven S. Drachman ( 2011 ), which was named as one of the Best of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews