Maike Wetzel’s sentences are like barbed hooks: At some point there are so many of them that every world can come off the hinges.

...this is a writer who – independent from questions of age or Zeitgeist – developed a distinctive, very pictorial and condensed style. She is a powerful creator of atmosphere but uses her tools economically and observes precisely.

Crystal-clear sentences, illusions and subordinate clauses unnecessary.

...a literary rap, full of wit and horror.

Beautiful montage and hard-headed narration.

…the youthful sound of the age of techno: hard, fast, aggressive… well-lit without any unnecessary details.

...a cool observer with a cranky point of view whose writing is never as hard-headed that she is not astonished about the actions of her characters.

...adds miraclous magic to the brutal banality of everyday-life.