★ "Unputdownable, unbelievably powerful, deranged, and magnificently defiant. Hold on to your humanity for dear life, readers."—School Library Journal, Starred Review
★ "Compound Fracture is White’s third novel and possibly his best thus far, delivering evocative, haunting prose and eloquently exploring economic injustice, poverty, generational trauma, and how easy it is to sink one's teeth into violence and revenge as a result."—Booklist, Starred Review
★ "White’s latest is a stunning testament to the intertwining realities of politics and queerness, as well as community focused ideologies and the impact of those ideals in the face of oppression."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
★ "Tremendously suspenseful. . . The hopeful, satisfying ending emerges from community collaboration. Unflinching and empowering."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
★ "White explores the violent realities of capitalism and transphobia while simultaneously celebrating the resilience and collective strength of the committed working class. He also weaves a tragic, beautiful thread through the tapestry of Compound Fracture, describing Miles's examination of his communist political leanings and paralleling it with his ancestor's path. This book will almost certainly leave readers battered, bruised, and inspired."—Shelf Awareness, Starred Review
★ "Another unflinching, creative, disturbing, and incredible book by White."—The Bulletin, Starred Review
"White has crafted an engrossing horror-thriller that wears its heart—and guts—on its sleeve. Defiant to the end, Compound Fracture uses a century-old blood feud, Appalachian history and politics, and a touch of the supernatural to explore the ways new generations must reckon with old wrongs." —Erica Waters, author of The River Has Teeth and All That Consumes Us
