What the critics
wrote about
Emotionally
Weird
‘The lustre, energy and panache of
her writing are as striking as ever in this, her third novel . . .
Funny, bold and memorable’
Helen Dunmore,
The
Times
‘Lively . . . very
funny’
Sunday Telegraph
‘Complex, multi-layered and
beautifully written . . . brimming with quirky characters and
original storytelling . . . Kate Atkinson has struck gold with this
unique offering’
Time Out
‘A truly comic novel – achingly
funny in parts – challenging and executed with wit and mischief . .
. an hilarious and magical trip’
Meera Syal,
Daily
Express
‘Her novels are remarkable both in
and of themselves, and as evidence of an important emerging body of
work from a brilliant and profoundly original writer’
Daily Telegraph
‘A challenging work of fiction . .
. brilliantly original’
Mirror
‘Atkinson’s strength as a writer
lies in her talent for observational humour’
Guardian
‘Sends jolts of pleasure off the
page . . . capable of causing loud and involuntary cackling on
public transport. Atkinson’s funniest foray yet . . . a novel for
people who love novels . . . eccentric, unstoppably entertaining,
it is a work of Dickensian or even Shakespearean plenty . . . will
be enjoyed hugely by both literary and non-literary
readers’
Scotsman
‘Atkinson is brilliantly, defiantly
playful with the stuff of fiction’
New Statesman
‘Her descriptive powers are
striking. She is also witty . . . thought-provoking and
nonconformist’
Sunday Times
‘A novel purely for fun . . .
entirely to be recommended’
Independent
‘Really comic, really tragic,
bracingly unsentimental’
Boston Sunday Globe
‘Her enigmatic and comic flair rise
to greater heights in this reductio ad
absurdum’
Sunday Tribune
‘Her inventive energy, unfettered
by realism, make this roller coaster of a novel a highly
entertaining read’
Mail on Sunday
‘A sparkling comic meditation on
how authors choose to tell their stories’
Entertainment Weekly
‘Atkinson writes with the most
finely tuned literary instincts . . . funny, clever and strangely
moving’
Caledonian
‘Fairly crackles with energy, wit
and the pleasure of writing’
Lesley Glaister,
Literary
Review
‘A full-bore, old-fashioned yarn –
the kind that keeps you turning pages, hurrying toward the
denouement long after you’ve told yourself you’re going to
bed’
Washington Post
‘Subtle, evocative and wonderfully
funny’
Glasgow Herald
‘A brilliant and gripping piece of
fiction that not only proves Atkinson’s adeptness as a storyteller
but also firmly establishes her as one of the most remarkable
writers of recent times’
Yorkshire Post
‘Atkinson has found her best
subject, thereby letting out the secret to writing a truly funny
comic novel’
Newsday