A delight, not least for the quality of Scarlett Thomas's writing... Full of life and energy. -- Philip Pullman
Ingenious and original. A cracking good yarn, fizzing with intelligence * * Philip Pullman on The End of Mr. Y * *
Our Tragic Universe surprised me, and in such a terrific way. It is so addictive, you can't help but fall deeper and deeper under Scarlett Thomas's spell. She's a genius. -- Douglas Coupland
Richly allusive, freewheeling and enormously satisfying * * Independent on Sunday on The End of Mr. Y * *
Immensely bright and very much on the cutting edge * * Guardian on The End of Mr. Y * *
A masterpiece... A brilliant and engaging story that makes you rethink the nature of existence and the true structure of the world * * Douglas Coupland on The End of Mr. Y * *
Thomas has the mesmerising power of a great story teller - even if you're not always sure what she's telling you is a story. -- Jake Kerridge * * Finacial Times * *
[Thomas's] great asset is a mad grab-bag of a mind whose imprint on the novel leaves it brimming with ideas . . . for those who like their fiction 'meta', this is a veriegated delight. * * Time Out * *
[Our Tragic Universe] is a novel that fizzes with ideas . . . And if you've never read a Thomas novel then let's be clear: the ideas are big. -- Claire Black * * Scotland on Sunday * *
Thomas can discuss quantum physics and philosophy while making you think you're reading a sparkling romantic comedy. -- Kate Saunders * * The Times * *
By virtue of her intellect and playfulness, Thomas now seems to belong in the same school as Borges and Kundera. -- Stephen Phelan * * Scottish Review of Books (Vol 6) * *
Is it odd to describe a book as kind? The commodity itself seems an increasingly rare thing in an internet-frazzled world, and so how unexpectedly wonderful to read Scarlett Thomas's Our Tragic Universe, a book that brims with a compassion and warmth. -- Patrick Ness * * The Guardian * *
Our brains hurt - in a good way - as we read Scarlett Thomas's smarty-pants new novel about time travel, the shape of the universe and possibly the Cottingly fairies. * * The Herald Magazine * *
This is a novel of big ideas, with an engaging and identifiable central character, which will appeal to David Mitchell fans. -- David Wood * * Waterstone's Books Quarterly * *
Thomas . . . a lively writer with a great eye for detail . . . once again excels at handling heavy topics lightly. -- Alice Fisher * * The Observer * *
Our Tragic Universe is a huge, ambitious experiment, carried out by one of the finest minds of her generation. * * SFX Magazine * *
A clever piece of metafiction. * * The Melbourne Age * *
