Little World
Reviews round-up
Little World
by Josephine Rowe
2 of 3 critics positive
4 reviews: 2 positives, 1 pan; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“a precisely drawn enigma”
Little World, what are you? Josephine Rowe’s latest novel is a precisely drawn enigma
Positive
Read the review ↗“the brief, transporting story of a young saint”
‘Little World’ is the brief, transporting story of a young saint
Pan
Read the review ↗“a beautiful novella that lacks heft”
Little World by Josephine Rowe review – a beautiful novella that lacks heft
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗A Mysterious Box Arrives. Inside? The Dead Body of a Child Saint. (Published 2025)
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