Summary and Reviews of Tilt by Emma Pattee

Media Reviews

Literary Hub Tilt promises wit and style, and reminders of humanity in the face of disaster. A force to be reckoned with.

Vogue Tilt heralds the arrival of a powerful new literary voice.

Washington Post The storytelling in Tilt is brisk [and] as funny as a novel about humanity at its worst can be… Pattee's ambivalence about human goodness is a powerful thing; it calls into question the assumptions we make about ourselves.

Booklist (starred review) [A] fascinating and emotional debut… compelling… Instantly readable and filled with dry humor, this book follows in the footsteps of other disaster novels while bringing a fresh take to the genre.

Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Recounting Annie's precarious journey across the city and into her past, Pattee reveals that the quake has upended more than the earth. A captivating novel.

Publishers Weekly (starred review) [A] nail-biting debut… Pattee's depiction of a post-earthquake Portland feels bracingly realistic, and her depictions of marriage and impending motherhood are achingly raw. Shocking and full of heart, this leaves a mark.

 Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness Falls and Miracle Creek Tilt is a remarkable debut—a gorgeous, haunting blend of a suspenseful survival thriller and a fierce portrait of maternal love. I was so mesmerized that I blew off all my responsibilities, threw all other reading aside, and blistered through the whole thing in one sitting, loving every moment.

 Lydia Kiesling, author of The Golden State and Mobility Tilt is a swift, exhilarating punch to the gut, the most embodied twenty-four hours of narrative I can remember reading. Through the eyes of the prickly, funny, and very pregnant narrator, we viscerally experience the surreal, unbearable, comic, and beautiful ways that humans behave in a crisis. The Road meets Nightbitch meets What to Expect When You're Expecting. I loved this novel.