The Lies of Henry Mawdsley (Storycuts)

Gripping

Viv Groskop, Red

There is much to be admired: perspective, luminous language, and courage in confronting the difficulty of the big subject

Razia Iqbal, Independent

Morrison ... proves with God Help the Child that her writing is still as fresh, adventurous and vigorous as ever. ... Morrison's characteristically deft temporal shifts and precisely honed language deliver literary riches galore. And which this novel is very readable, the pleasure is in working for its deeper rewards.

Bernadine Evaristo, Observer

A complex novel. It comes off beautifully, like a Picasso painting telling a story in a multi-dimensional series of superimposed snapshots as each character becomes ever more rounded and complete

Susan Elkin, Independent On Sunday

And the writing. Oh wow, the writing. Not for nothing has Morrison been garlanded with a Novel Prize, Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle Award. There's always a sense of grand occasion when Morrison releases a book, and with good reason: the journey is always vivid, dazzling and rich, each paragraph a mealy morsel in its own right. A highly personal and affecting tale that manages to be deftly political, God Help the Child is emotionally rousing and gut-wrenching

Tanya Sweeney, Irish Independent

True to style, the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning Morrison uses simple yet poetic prose as she tackles timely issues in a timeless way

Big Issue in the North

Slim but powerful. A tale that is as forceful as it is affecting, as fierce as it is resonant

Michiko Kakutani, New York Times

Raw and uncompromising. Moving but not for the faint-hearted

Vanessa Berridge, 4 stars, Daily Express

It is so beautifully written, full of perfect sentences.with such profound understanding of sympathy for her damaged characters. This is a wise, humane, enriching novel. If it should prove to be Toni Morrison's last, it is quite a finale

Allan Massie, Scotsman

A realistic, beautifully written novel

She Knows UK

Morrison excels at bringing uncomfortable topics to the fore, weaving themes of family and the importance of how we treat our children together in an incredibly evocative, poignant and winning novel

Lucy Frith, 5 stars, Stylist

The language, shifts in points of view and the audacity of the novel's premise are overwhelming. Morrison remains an incredibly powerful writer who commands attention no matter the story she is telling

Roxane Gay, Guardian

The themes here can be brutal.but the voices and fierce emotions will win your heart. Seductive or raging, bewildered or heartbroken, they are all, in the end hopeful

People Magazine

[Morrison's] brilliant work continues

Grazia

It is a testament to Morrison's excellence as a writer that a book that is largely focused on the abuse of children is such compulsive reading

Liadan Hynes, Sunday Independent

A compelling, and oddly uplifting, read

Monica Tomas, Totally Dublin

A piece of mastery ... Sensitive to legacies of abuse, to pressures of racism, image, taboo and economics, and to the harmful fictions and common social madnesses of the modern Western world, it found an impossible-seeming, myth-like form to reveal the interconnections between these, never losing its streetwise footing in the process.

Ali Smith, New Statesman, Books of the Year

Intricate and inventive

Daily Telegraph

What a privilege and pleasure it is to read. The book hooked me from the first chapter. I recommend this book, as I would all the others by this author.

Jan Jeffery, Nudge