It is chillingly, horrifyingly not fine. Rather than surrealism the novel offers some quite chillingly vivid accounts of Tunis and Cassino. Overall, Sava found the themes of "Invisible Republic" to be chillingly plausible. The role, as cited by Rishi, was "chillingly portrayed" by Sohrab Modi. A "The New York Times" review referred to Tate's "chillingly beautiful but expressionless" performance. It's chillingly realistic in detail (and at times as gory as the law allows). Vincent Canby of "The New York Times" praised Barton's "so fine" and "chillingly authoritative" performance. Howard found that Abi's story "rings chillingly true". They were "chillingly efficient", said the report.