Revenge (Lim novel)

Revenge received generally positive reviews. Writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, Kerryn Goldsworthy wrote that the book was a "complex novel about power, money, sexuality and systemic inequality, written with elegance and restraint".^[4] A review in The Guardian praised the novel's opening, writing that Lim "establishes a tone so true to the emotional core of our heroine it felt like someone pressing on a sharp, sustained wound".^[5] In a review in Australian Book Review, Mindy Gill gave a more mixed assessment, writing that the novel's dialogue was stilted in places.^[6] A review in the Sydney Review of Books wrote that the novel had some missteps in the characterisation of its protagonist, but praised its exploration of misogyny and colonialism.^[7]