Jillian press

"...sublimely awkward and hilarious..." - Chicago Tribune

"Jillian is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time." - The Rumpus

"...a frank depiction of modern indecency." - Electric Literature

"A novel that reads like rubbernecking or a junk-food binge..." - Kirkus

"Butler’s aim is perfect..." - Publishers Weekly

"Butler’s prose is unsparing and brutally efficient..." - Heavy Feather

"...a talent for building the sense of claustrophobia that threatens to overwhelm the characters." - Booklist

"...[hit] the nail right in its glaring head..." - Literally, Darling

"...both characters exist within a myopic self-centeredness that Butler nails, pervading her novel with a singular, resounding disquiet." - fields

"Halle Butler’s Jillian is, frankly, frightening..." - Rain Taxi

"Butler is to schadenfreude as Paula Deen is to butter..."

- Books & Whatnot

"...a dark novel delivered in a witty, incisive voice." - Your Impossible Voice

"...sour, funny and, at times, beautiful." - Newcity

"Butler writes like a fly on the wall, recording every strange and hilarious moment of her unsuspecting characters in exacting detail, right down to the sweat of their ass cracks." - Chicago Literati

"...despite the laughs, the book also stings." - CCLaP

"Butler’s characters are awful, hate-able, and sometimes sickeningly relatable..." - Centered on Books

Fanzine (interview)

Fiction Advocate (self-interview)

Weird Sister (interview)

Vol. 1 Brooklyn (interview)

New Yorker, "The Office Politics of Workplace Fiction by Women"

The 405, "What I'm Reading: J Fernandez"

The Fader, "18 Books You Should Read this Spring"

Entropy, "Best of 2015: Fiction"

Enclave, "Books I Am Excited for in 2015"

Flavorwire, "Bad Women in Literature: An Essential List"

The Nervous Breakdown (excerpt)

Hobart (excerpt)