A Boy Made of Blocks

Critics Review

• The publishing sensation of the year: a compelling, uplifting and heart-rending debut novel

  Mail on Sunday

• A Boy Made of Blocks is constructed around not just a great plot, but a rare sense of honesty and insight.

  Guardian

• Funny, expertly plotted and written with enormous heart. Readers who enjoyed The Rosie Project will love A Boy Made of Blocks – I did

  Graeme Simsion

• A heart-warming and wise story . . . I shed a few tears but was left with a warm glow

  Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of Love

• Heartwarming, funny and special. I devoured this cracking book.

  The Unmumsy Mum

• Very funny, incredibly poignant and full of insight. Awesome.

  Jenny Colgan

• One of those wonderful books that makes you laugh and cry at the same time

  Good Housekeeping

• A Boy Made of Blocks is one of those unique and exquisite stories that grab you from the very first line. Searingly honest and poignant . . . tremendously moving. A truly beautiful story.

  Heat

• Even the hardest of hearts will be warmed by this poignant tale based on the author’s life with his autistic son

  Mail on Sunday

• This is a wonderful, warm, insightful novel about family, friendship and love that tugs at your heart.

  Daily Mail

• Stuart scatters his rose petals with enough thorns to ensure his often very funny debut will get under the skin . . . a tear-jerker

  Metro

• Be prepared to shed tears (Book of the Week)

  Sun

• A Boy Made of Blocks is a wonderful read and I imagine that this will be one of many outstanding novels by Keith Stuart.

  Huffington Post

• This debut is sad, funny and full of heart-melting moments that make tears inevitable.

  Daily Express

• [A] warm, humorous and touching story about fatherhood and family

  Sunday Mirror

• This book is incredible. Keith Stuart is a very clever man.

  Stuart Heritage

• Fans of Nick Hornby with love this funny and moving tale.

  Closer

• A heartwarming read

  Sunday Express

• Warm and real, honest and heart-breaking, joyous and life-affirming. It has the lot.

  Vanessa Greene

• Keith Stuart is a master at balancing humour alongside the serious. He has a light touch but also moves us deeply, and his characters are wonderfully real. Clever and full of insight.

  Virginia Macgregor

• The characters are well-developed and vulnerable, learning to navigate and make sense of a world filled with obstacles. Stuart’s debut novel is a charming and timely tale of learning to connect in the digital age.

  Kirkus

• An engaging and satisfying read on modern parenting

  Your Weekend (New Zealand)

• It was refreshing to read a story where the characters flail around, panic, cry, swear, yet ultimately are determined to build little blocks of happiness with those whom they love.

  The Big Issue

• Touching and funny

  Autism Eye

• An escape, majestic and beautiful, into a world where imagination is the only limit.

  Forbes

• Heartbreakingly realistic

  Phoebe Morgan, author of The Doll House