Reviews round-up
Sophie, Standing There
by Meg Mason
3 of 5 critics positive
5 reviews: 3 positives, 1 mixed, 1 pan
What the critics said
“Jane Austen would have relished”
Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason: a tale of introspection and burgeoning self-awareness Jane Austen would have relished
“witty, touching follow-up to Sorrow and Bliss”
Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason review – a tale of literary obsession, with cameos from real-life authors
“so much more than the sum of its parts”
Sophie, Standing There by Meg Mason: A beguiling novel that is so much more than the sum of its parts
“doesn’t quite fill the boots of ‘Sorrow and Bliss’”
Meg Mason’s follow-up to the summer of 2021’s it-girl book doesn’t quite fill the boots of ‘Sorrow and Bliss’
“unprecedented banality”
The ‘unprecedented banality’ of Meg Mason’s new novel
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