Critical Response
Joe Cinque's Consolation was reviewed in a number of major newspapers and magazines. It was praised for its writing and its positioning as Joe Cinque's story Criticisms of the book centered on it failing to tell the story it set out to tell, particularly its inability to explain Singh or her actions and her failure to engage with the purpose of the adversarial justice system
One reviewer compared it with The First Stone, noting that it was less about the underlying debates and more about the story. Another criticised similarities in their themes, particularly Garner's hostility to the women subjects and their beauty.
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