▁B ingo ▁( 1 9 8 8 ), ▁B ant am ▁ ▁Lo ose ▁Li ps ▁( 1 9 9 9 ), ▁B ant am ▁ ▁The ▁Sand ▁Castle ▁( 2 0 0 8 ), ▁Gro ve / At l antic ▁ ▁C ake walk ▁( 2 0 1 6 ), ▁B ant am ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁Sus anna ▁Rod ell , ▁in ▁Harvard ▁University ' s ▁C rim son ▁Review , ▁writes ▁that ▁" S ix ▁of ▁One ▁is ▁an ▁attempt ▁to ▁construct ▁a ▁fict ional ▁femin ist ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁in ▁America , ▁through ▁the ▁lives ▁of ▁women ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁small ▁town ▁in ▁Maryland ." ▁She ▁finds ▁the ▁book ▁" fun ", ▁with ▁dialog ▁that ▁is ▁" rich ▁and ▁ra unch y , ▁often ▁delight ful ". ▁She ▁does ▁find ▁the ▁style ▁of ▁the ▁novel ▁" une ven ", ▁but ▁only ▁on ▁an ▁" ess entially ▁cos met ic " ▁level . ▁ ▁The ▁Kirk us ▁review ▁of ▁Six ▁of ▁One ▁states : ▁" Th ough ▁the ▁march ▁through ▁time ▁gets ▁a ▁little ▁forced ▁at ▁times , ▁Brown ▁is ▁always ▁ready ▁to ▁bring ▁us ▁back ▁to ▁R unn yme ade ▁and ▁its ▁pr anks ... ▁At ▁her ▁winning , ▁fond est ▁best , ▁Brown ▁has ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁e f fer ves cent ▁yet ▁secure ▁trust ▁in ▁her ▁local ▁characters ▁that ▁E ud ora ▁Wel ty ▁feels ▁for ▁hers . ▁Girls ▁are ▁more ▁fun , ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁message ; ▁on ▁the