Reviews round-up
Bring the House Down
by Charlotte Runcie
4 of 4 critics positive
7 reviews: 4 positives; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“entertaining”
Review: Fringe Festival critic gets his comeuppance in entertaining ‘Bring the House Down’
“the joy of the hatchet job”
Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie review – the joy of the hatchet job
“comically skewers bad men, bad faith and (unforgivably) bad theater”
In ‘Bring the House Down,’ It’s the Critic’s Turn to Get Panned (Published 2025)
“entertaining debut novel provides food for thought”
Review | An actor turns the tables on a brutal critic in ‘Bring the House Down’
“Toxic masculinity steals the show”
John Boyne on Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie: Toxic masculinity steals the show
He gave her a one star review. She ruined his life. A Fringe performer turns the tables on a critic.
New popular fiction — wedding chaos and a hatchet job gone wrong
Verdicts are read from each outlet's own headline and summary; quotes are their words, credited and linked. Where a paywalled summary does not give the critic's view, we say so rather than guess. How it works.
