"Suture is built out of biting prose and vivid imagery. It is not a novel for those averse to gore, yet still should be considered a must-read. Creatives will feel seen with Brewer's description of the artistic process, and achieving suspension of disbelief is easy. Others will enjoy Suture because of its incredibly human characters, each imperfect and multifaceted." --Cloud Lake Literary

"It is, at times, too beautiful; it is, at times, a gift. It is impossible to read Brewer's debut without feeling something, whether that be a reaction to the graphic scenes of body horror, or to the moving depiction of care . . . Suture is a novel of feelings, one that moves between extremes to highlight the care that can sometimes be missed in the trauma of contemporary art. For that reason, it is a stunning debut." --The Ampersand Review

"This is a beautifully painful book, highly recommended." --subTerrain Magazine

"Suture lights up the need for forgiveness while exploring how family and supporting social networks can be at once helpful and injurious. Mental health emerges as a significant theme in the cruelties people inflict upon themselves and others by their actions." --The Puritan

"Brewer's nimble writing makes even the most grotesque descriptions intoxicating. Suture is unique tale of creativity, mental health and masochism that is as messy and fearless as it is tender and evocative." --Broken Pencil

"Suture is Nic Brewer's transgressively taught storytelling. The notes in these pages write desire, connection and art from the body's vivid capacity for tenderness where the hard stuff tears. A nimble, fearless debut." --Canisia Lubrin, Griffin Poetry Prize winning author of The Dyzgraphxst

"I read this book with wonder-Brewer's confident prose swept me along. Hers is sure, sharp writing that doesn't flinch from tenderness. I felt this book in my body. I ached (in my heart and bones, along an old, spidery scar that split my chest in two) long after I set it down. What a privilege to read this work." --Gillian Wigmore, author of Glory

"Nic Brewer's Suture is a fleshy, flashy, not-for-the-faint-of-heart tale that poetically reimagines artmaking into the gory-yet-tender body horror that it has--perhaps--always figuratively been. Hold on to your guts." --John Elizabeth Stintzi, author of My Volcano

"Suture is a daring, visceral debut that examines the painful side of the creative process. Blending body horror with meditations on love, art, and forgiveness, this novel will startle and captivate you." --Catriona Wright, author of Difficult People