"We continue to love thrillers and especially love this one. In Pittard's unconventional novel, a couple on a road trip deal with raging storms and their own fraying marriage." — New York Times Book Review
"Hannah Pittard's captivating third novel, Listen to Me, focuses on a smart, attractive couple who have reached that point, not unknown in marriage, when partners fear that the person they love is driving them crazy. Pittard, having introduced these troubled lovers, sends them on a journey across America that soon places their lives in peril. You won't put this story down...Pittard is operating at a level few writers attain. She deserves the attention of anyone in search of today's best fiction." — Washington Post
"Hannah Pittard's Listen to Me is a quiet, revelatory novel that exposes the inner workings of a marriage along a harrowing road trip." — New Yorker
"You won't be able to put down this thrilling, quick read." — Real Simple
"Listen to Me elides so many genres that it's Houdini-like, bursting through constraints. It moves between its two characters' inner lives as effortlessly as an Olympic swimmer strokes through water." — Ann Beattie, The Paris Review Blog
"Pittard's fast-moving story recalls a legion of American writers from Hawthorne to McCarthy, each chronicling existential encounters framed by the wilderness and exposing the heart of darkness, both out there in the night and within the searching self." — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
"Pittard's glistening new novel... opens up to show not just the depth and potential shattering points of all close relationships but also how danger--and, yes, evil--lurk at the outskirts of our lives, threatening to upend us unexpectedly...Pitch-perfect in language and ominous in mood, Pittard's narrative telescopes enormous emotion and insight into a brief, compelling read." — Library Journal (starred review)
"A road trip from Chicago to Virginia is transformed into a complex mental journey in Pittard's third novel... Chilling events ratchet up the suspense as well as magnify the couple's strengths and weaknesses in Pittard's memorable examination of the precarious terrain of marriage."
— Publishers Weekly
"Pittard skillfully alternates between the points of view of Mark and Maggie, who often tell readers much more than they've told one another. Perfect for those who like to observe characters' minds and relationships from the backseat." — Booklist
"The setup of Pittard's third novel is a simple and effective one: a cross-country journey in which an already-frayed marriage is pushed to its limit, even as the landscape through which the characters travel turns increasingly ominous...there's plenty of moodiness and societal commentary to be found in Pittard's taut novel." — Kirkus Reviews