Very funny and heart wrenchingly tender. * Grazia *
Here he proves that he can still pull off that most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure * Observer *
This is Nicholls' talent - what really sets this story apart is the dialogue: funny, telling, laughter-inducing, he's hard to beat. * Stylist *
He's such a genius. His novels are relatable and recognizable, but also surprising, breath-taking and life-enhancing. -- Nina Stibbe
A classic coming of age novel with universal truths teased out with remarkable perception. * Irish Times *
Affirms once again Nicholls' talent for unearthing the special in the ordinary. * Metro *
Full of the joy and pain of first love, fans who fell for bestseller One Day, ten years ago, won't be disappointed. * Sunday Mirror *
A big-hearted book with wonderful set-pieces ... beautifully funny and touching ... his books always seem as fresh as they are wise and funny. * Literary Review *
This is Nicholls' talent - what really sets this story apart is the dialogue: funny, telling, laughter-inducing, he's hard to beat. * Stylist *
I don't think anyone writing right now captures youth and adolescence better; I'm not sure anyone even gets close. -- Jenny Colgan, author of The Little Shop of Happy-Ever-After
Such a beautiful book. Captures perfectly a moment in time we've all experienced. -- Graham Norton
Written with great comic panache and generosity of spirit, it is Nicholls' most mature and compelling novel so far * i paper *
Nicholls' literary talents are impressive . . . the sense of nostalgia is visceral and intense, almost time-bending. * The Sunday Times *
It's just perfect in every way. -- Jill Mansell
A book that will find its way into your heart and set up home... this story perfectly captures the awkwardness and poignancy of first love * Red *
Funny, engaging and moving, another triumph from the brilliant David Nicholls. -- John Boyne
A compassionate, intelligent look at the raw pain and loneliness of a teenage boy, the everyday miracle of first love and the perennial power of Shakespeare's language * Spectator *
Sweet Sorrow is a funny, affectionate exploration of first love * Guardian *
If ever there was an author perfect to take with you on holiday (so to speak), it's David Nicholls' * Stella *
Astutely observed, and almost painfully nostalgic, Sweet Sorrow reads like a true story. -- Clare Mackintosh
It's everything a story should be. Beautiful and clear and heartfelt, and it will do what all brilliant stories do: it will find the very pinpoint of who you are and it will stay there. -- Joanna Cannon
A master of the bittersweet coming-of-age novel * Herald *
Pitch perfect ... Exquisite ... Terrific ... Very funny ... Though Sweet Sorrow is certainly pulse-quickening enough to absorb readers through this summer's airport delays and rained-off beach days, it's no escapist fantasy. The tale of Charlie and Fran will linger long beyond your tan * Telegraph *
Nicholls perfectly captures the dizzying highs and lows of first love * Daily Express *
No other writer breaks my heart and then partially bandages it back together quite like Nicholls does. Sweet Sorrow is an absolute must-read * Sheerluxe *
Adrian Mole meets The Swish Of The Curtain in this lovely coming-of-age romcom about acting and the class divide * Daily Mail *
Full of wisdom, poignancy and laughs. * Mail on Sunday *
Interesting, moving, hilarious and sad at the same time * Scotsman *
A funny, relatable coming-of-age story * The Sun *
A superbly written, beautifully observed account of teenage life, love, family dysfunction and friendship, which builds to a stunningly poignant ending * Heat *
A classic coming of age novel with universal truths teased out with remarkable perception * Irish Times *
No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does -- Alex Peake-Tomkinson, Evening Standard
A delicious, pensive summer read * Press Association *
Piercingly observant, gloriously funny and achingly sad, this is David Nicholls' best book yet * Daily Mirror *
Once again, he has pulled off that most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel that will also endure. * The Week *
Sweet Sorrow manages to be interesting, moving, hilarious and sad at the same time. I know when my heartstrings are being pulled, but tugged they assuredly were * Scotland on Sunday *
Piercingly observant, gloriously funny and achingly sad, this is David Nicholls' best book yet * Daily Mirror *
A glorious escape to the sunlit uplands of the 1990s, where a teenager first finds love * Financial Times *
Praise for David Nicholls * - *
Nicholls's gift is character. There is a sharp empathetic intelligence to his writing that makes his characters real . . . the clear writing often dazzles with truth . . . sad funny, soulful * Observer *
David has a sublime talent for illuminating the murky causeway that most of us have to navigate between darkness and light -- Donal Ryan
Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love * The Times *
Funny and nostalgic tale of first love * The Sydney Morning Herald *
Eagerly anticipated and did not disappoint * BookBrunch *
Capturing nostalgia for long endless summers as well as for the strangeness that is friendships among those cast together in a play... a beautiful coming of age story * The AU Review *
I'm not sure there has ever been a better book to read while by the sea. The nostalgia, the humour, the deep understanding of adolescent love and indeed the sorrow. It's such a brilliant book. * i News *
A witty and tender evocation of young love * Robert Webb, The Guardian *
A devastatingly honest exploration of first love, razor-sharp reflections on friendship - oh, and some snort out loud funny moments * George Aligiah, The Guardian *
David Nicholls is that rarest of literary creatures: a genuinely brilliant, genuinely popular novelist. His latest, Sweet Sorrow (Hodder & Stoughton), is more than just poignant and warm and funny. There are piercing apercus and writing that's both precise and poetic, lyrical and tough * Stuart Maconie, in New Statesman's Best Books of 2020 *
David Nicholls . . . writes with such humanity and makes me laugh out loud * Phoebe Luckhurst, i news *
David Nicholls [is] again on top form with Sweet Sorrow...a gorgeous tribute to young love...and it's got plenty of humour too * You Magazine *
