In Words without Borders’ Watchlist for June 2017, reviews editor M. Bartley Seigel says of Enfermario: 

Gabriela Torres Olivares’ language—filtered down to us lowly English readers by Donovan’s expert translation—is startlingly beautiful, her stories fully realized portals into the worlds she creates. This was my first entrée into her writing, but I’m hooked, a convert, and I cannot wait to read more. I think, should you choose to dive in with me, you’ll feel likewise.