Reviews round-up
The Book of Guilt
by Catherine Chidgey
4 of 5 critics positive
5 reviews: 4 positives, 1 mixed
What the critics said
Positive
Read the review ↗“devastating dystopian novel”
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey
Positive
Read the review ↗“A work of conscience and consequence”
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey: A work of conscience and consequence
Positive
Read the review ↗“devastating new novel watches young lives get twisted”
Triplets in Peril in a Might-Have-Been England (Published 2025)
Positive
Read the review ↗“brilliantly evokes a dystopian 1970s England”
Catherine Chidgey dreams up a Thatcherite nightmare in a children’s home
Mixed
Read the review ↗“this dystopia could have been extraordinary”
The Book of Guilt by Catherine Chidgey review – this dystopia could have been extraordinary
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