Reviews round-up
Changing My Mind
by Julian Barnes
1 of 5 critics positive
5 reviews: 1 positive, 2 mixed, 2 pans
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“Inside the mind of author Julian Barnes is a wonderful place to be”
Inside the mind of author Julian Barnes is a wonderful place to be
Mixed
Read the review ↗“He should keep an open mind.”
It’s Hard to Change Your Mind. A New Book Asks If You Should Even Try.
Mixed
Read the review ↗“don’t always translate well for the page”
Changing My Mind by Julian Barnes review – a manifesto for open-mindedness
Pan
Read the review ↗“being a woke extremist is not confined to Gen Z”
Against literary Anglophobia
Pan
Read the review ↗“A Stale Offering From a Great Writer”
No Sense of an Ending: A Stale Offering From a Great Writer (Published 2025)
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