Reviews round-up
The Palm House
by Gwendoline Riley
3 of 4 critics positive
9 reviews: 2 raves, 1 positive, 1 pan; 5 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
Rave
Read the review ↗“More extraordinary writing about ordinary lives”
The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley: More extraordinary writing about ordinary lives
Rave
Read the review ↗“This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels”
This goes straight onto my list of favourite modern novels
Positive
Read the review ↗“skewered cruelty with shattering exactitude”
The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley review – the laureate of bad relationships
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Surrender Your Standards. It’s Time to Join the Rest of the World.
Verdict not stated
Read the review ↗Gwendoline Riley’s New Novel Surveys the Wreckage of Middle Age
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.
