"Ingenious." --The Guardian

"Intriguing. . . . The author's grasp on the ideas at play effectively and poignantly connects readers with the characters' grief." --Publishers Weekly

"A conspicuously erudite, skilfully observed debut novel." --Telegraph (UK)

"Ward has achieved something quite extraordinary: a super-smart, metaphysical romp that's also warm, wistful and heartfelt." --Daily Telegraph (UK)

"The sheer literary ambition on show is impressive, with Ward producing a highly original first novel that also echoes European experimentalists such as Kundera and Krasznahorkai." --Spectator (UK)

"An imaginative and original synthesis of fiction and philosophy" --Irish Times

"Ward is as skilful an observer as she is an abstract thinker, and so her characters, while fulfilling their roles as illustrators of theories, also burst with life." --Sunday Telegraph (UK)

"A refershing puzzle to unpick." --Diva Magazine (UK)

"It's rare for me to fall for a novel that could be called 'experimental' but this genuinely blew my mind." --The Literary Sofa

"A towering literary achievement." --Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things

"Philosophy meets fiction in this beguiling and intriguing novel of minds, hearts, other worlds, love, death and everything in between. It's a book that dances and dazzles with ideas and left me thinking long after I finished it." --Sophie Kinsella