"At the start of the novel, there is a sliver of hope as Moddie changes her life and finds herself hanging out with her friend Nina, feeling 'a deep gratitude for her presence' and slowly 'rediscovering a self-assurance that she had buried during her years with Nick in Chicago.' That feeling, however, is short lived."
"Yes, Nick was annoying and didn't help around the house. Yes, Moddie needed a change. Yes, going back home was a huge mistake. Unfortunately, the problem is much bigger than that: 'The worst parts of Chicago had followed her here, because the worst parts of Chicago had been inside of her.'"
"Banal Nightmare is full of swinging pendulums that make for a dark, chaotic read that flies very close to the line between fiction and nonfiction. Moddie is tired. Life feels like a carousel of bad things, and her relationship seems to be the worst of it."
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