Beautiful. What stood out the most for me was the vivid descriptions, the way characters speak about various things, from art to objects in space, trying their hardest to find a way to speak about what they're going through when its too hard to say. Josh's journey as he slips further downwards is handled with honesty and sympathy, acknowledging his flaws and also the immense weight he's under.

QUASARS is a very moving examination of family and faith at the hardest point of its characters' lives. Everything is complicated, messy and unsettled. No one is really at their best, everyone's spirit is being tested in the midst of chaos, stress and illness. No surprise to we fans who have become accustomed to her filling her pages and stages with celebrations of humanity in even the darkest and most unexpected of corners. But here O'Grady explores such a rich setting with patience and light brush strokes, building to an ending that's inevitable, sad, lovely and full of grace.