“Alarmingly talented.” — The Sunday Times

“A writer of show-stopping genius.” — The Guardian

“The woman is a genius.” — The Observer

“Serious literary talent.” — Scotland on Sunday

“Hall is an outstanding writer.” — Metro

“A writer who engages all the reader’s senses.” — The Daily Telegraph

“Reading Sarah Hall’s fiction is a full-body experience.” — The Herald

“Hall has a golden touch, texturing her pages with rich metaphor and lyrical prose.” — The Economist

“To enter a world created by Sarah Hall is to step into a landscape that is feral and alive.” — The Financial Times

“Booker-shortlisted twice, Hall seems to have made the short story genre explicitly her own.” — The New Statesman

“Short fiction as luminous and vital as her novels.” — The Observer

“Sensual, muscular prose about the liminal spaces between civilisation and wilderness.” — The Independent on Sunday

“She does darkness so very well.” — The Times

“Sarah Hall should probably stop publishing short stories for a while to give other writers a chance. If she’s not the best short story writer in Britain, then — but why even finish that sentence?” — The Spectator

“Sarah Hall is the best British writer around right now.” — Foyles