Reviews round-up
Parallel Lines
by Edward St. Aubyn
4 of 7 critics positive
8 reviews: 4 positives, 1 mixed, 2 pans; 1 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“elegant skewering of the beautiful and the damned”
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn: elegant skewering of the beautiful and the damned
“dark wit and flinty compassion”
Parallel Lines by Edward St Aubyn review – troubled minds and family mysteries
“Ebullient Novel”
Dispatches From the Psych Ward Fuel This Ebullient Novel (Published 2025)
“bursting with characters and ideas”
Review | Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘Parallel Lines’ is bursting with characters and ideas
“lacks the bite of the Melrose series”
Review: Edward St Aubyn's 'shy sequel' lacks bite
“destined to disappoint his readers”
Edward St Aubyn is destined to disappoint his readers
“had plenty of potential – but wastes it”
Love the Melrose novels? Things have gone downhill
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