Entrancing -- NEIL GAIMAN
A family saga of human fallibility, love, eccentricity, sex, spirituality, and of a lost, legendary, coincidentally lethal route to absolute transcendence . . . [Thomas] is a splendid novelist -- WILLIAM GIBSON
Positively luminous - funny, daring, fizzing with ideas and altogether captivating * * DAILY MAIL * *
A far-out botanical adventure in ways which are brutally funny and profound all at once. Barbed, casually genius, philosophical and intensely readable. A joy -- MATT HAIG
Filthily gorgeous . . . Imagine Muriel Spark's disreputable niece * * SPECTATOR * *
A delightful compound of fantasy and traditional family saga... a modern fairytale, with flashes that are savagely funny * * THE TIMES * *
You won't read a livelier tale about sex, death and out-of-body experiences all year * * SUNDAY TIMES * *
This magical family saga will cement Thomas' position at the literary top table * * RED * *
Smart, talented, inventive, and diverting . . . This is Thomas' most accomplished novel yet. There is a question at the heart of this novel . . . that captures the paradox of being human * * SLATE * *
Her prose is splendidly alive, full of unexpected phrases and delicious cadences . . . like Pratchett, Thomas blends her flippancy and her philosophy perfectly. A fantastical family saga * * GUARDIAN * *
Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great storyteller * * FINANCIAL TIMES * *
Fun and thoughtful * * EMERALD STREET * *
Sharp writing and sharper wit * * THE LIST * *
A smart and witty family drama, taking in secrets, sex, suicide, celebrity and the meaning of life * * GLAMOUR * *
A mindbending novel of family drama * * GOOD HOUSEKEEPING * *
How I love her work! * * GRAZIA * *
She has woven her distinct brand of mystery and intrigue into a complex family saga * * OBSERVER * *
Extremely good fun...riotous, gorgeous, full of flamboyant escapades * * MONOCLE ARTS REVIEW * *
A rewarding family saga * * SCOTSMAN * *
With each novel, Thomas's ambitions have grown larger, and this is her most sophisticated... in a world of fading wunderkinds, Scarlett Thomas is proving to be the real deal * * CATHOLIC HERALD * *
