Reviews round-up
Lázár
by Nelio Biedermann
2 of 5 critics positive
7 reviews: 2 positives, 2 mixed, 1 pan; 2 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“ambitious, gothic-inflected debut”
Lázár by Nelio Biedermann review – a Hungarian epic from a 22-year-old author
Positive
Read the review ↗“an excellent debut by the young Swiss novelist Nelio Biedermann”
The Gen Z writer who shows where fiction is going next
Mixed
Read the review ↗“needs more meat”
A ‘sweeping epic’ for the distracted generation – but ‘Lázár’ needs more meat
Mixed
Read the review ↗“well-rehearsed story of twentieth-century Europe”
A Literary Wunderkind’s Best-Selling Nostalgia
Pan
Read the review ↗“Nelio Biedermann is no wunderkind”
Lazar review: Nelio Biedermann is no wunderkind
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗“Is ‘Lázár’ as great as they say?”
Is ‘Lázár’ as great as they say?
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗A Sweeping, Sensational, Blue-Blooded Family Saga
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.
