Canadian fantasy writer Charles de Lint wrote that Gather Her Round giant killer hog reminded him of Joe R. Lansdale's 1998 novel, The Boar. Even though the two books are very different, de Lint said the characters in both works hunt down their monster pig with "Moby-Dick intensity". He found Gather Her Round's framing device interesting, particularly the way Bledsoe explains its purpose in the last chapter. de Lint said that as with the previous Tufa books in the series, this novel is full of "[b]eautiful prose, hillbilly faerie ... and a sense of wonder that never quits".
