▁novel , ▁highlight ing ▁it ▁philosoph ical ▁and ▁sty list ic ▁rich ness . ▁The ▁review ▁con cludes ▁that ▁" the ▁power ▁of ▁L ighth ouse keep ing ▁is ▁in ▁its ▁sty list ic ▁dynamic ▁between ▁holding ▁itself ▁together ▁with ▁the ▁p ared - down ▁precision ▁of ▁its ▁language , ▁each ▁word ▁smooth ed ▁into ▁a ▁fin ely ▁pol ished ▁p eb ble , ▁and ▁sp illing ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁conscious ness es , ▁narr atives ▁and ▁dispar ate ▁times ▁that ▁ble ed ▁se am lessly ▁into ▁each ▁other ." ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁had ▁a ▁decided ly ▁negative ▁review , ▁not ing ▁that ▁Winter son ' s ▁style ▁of ▁writing ▁takes ▁over ▁the ▁story t elling . ▁The ▁rev iewer , ▁Benjamin ▁K unk el , ▁con cludes ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁novel ▁" nothing ▁gets ▁in ▁the ▁way ▁of ▁ly ric ism ▁or ▁love , ▁and ▁the ▁result ▁is ▁r haps od ic ▁incon sequence ▁and ▁vac uous ▁rom antic ▁u pl ift ." ▁ ▁The ▁Guardian ▁rev iewer ▁Jo anna ▁Br is co e ▁reaches ▁a ▁similar ▁conclusion , ▁calling ▁the ▁novel ▁" a ▁fla wed ▁return ▁to ▁form ". ▁ ▁Within ▁some ▁of ▁this ▁critique , ▁Br is co e ▁still ▁finds ▁some ▁posit ives ▁about ▁the ▁novel , ▁saying ▁that ▁Winter son ▁is ▁a ▁true ▁innov ator ▁of ▁form " ▁and ▁that ▁calling ▁the ▁novel ▁" not ▁only ▁to ▁be ▁adm ired , ▁but ▁enjoyed ." ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁Complete ▁Review ▁profile ▁ ▁Category :