The Confession

Critics Review

• Dazzlingly good . . . Without doubt one of the best novels of recent years

  Elizabeth Day, author of The Party and How to Fail

• A bold, intelligent, wonderful novel

  Sarah Winman, author of Tin Man

• A beautiful novel and one that will stay with me for a very long time

  Louise O'Neill, author of Only Ever Yours

• Burton writes perceptively about female identity and creativity . . . stunning

  Red

• Her best yet, I’m dazzled by it . . . I am deeply jealous of every reader who has it all ahead of them

  Daisy Buchanan, author of The Sisterhood

• An absorbing tale of self-discovery

  Woman & Home

• An irresistible tale of families, deception and the consequences of our choices

  Stacey Halls, author of The Familiars

• A masterpiece about the autonomy of women and their roles in society

  Irish Tatler

• An absorbing, intelligent piece of storytelling that succeeds in sustaining its mystery to the end

  Observer

• Stylish and riveting, Burton’s latest is every bit as gripping as The Miniaturist, the debut that made her name

  Vogue

• The story of the intoxicating relationship between two women, and its fallout

  Sunday Times Culture

• In The Confession, Jessie Burton hasn’t just captured a myriad of women’s experiences but also the intrinsic ambivalence of living in a female body: the advantages, the oppressions. She’s built a world of women that is so vivid and absorbing that at one point I paused in my reading to google Connie – and only then remembered that she was a fictional character

  Jean Hannah Edelstein, author of This Really Isn't About You

• The story of three women: Elise, Constance and Rose, who are united by love, rejection and self-understanding. What elevates the story is Burton’s writing – like in The Miniaturist and The Muse – this is a book that’ll sweep you along and make you reflect on your own choices in life

  Stylist

• I loved Burton’s debut, The Miniaturist, but this is even better! Rose’s mother disappeared when she was a baby, and the last person to see her was Constance, a reclusive novelist based in Hampstead. When Rose tracks her down, will she get the answers she needs? I was completely engrossed

  Nina Pottell, Prima

• The Miniaturist author channels her talent for complex characters and absorbing mysteries into a new story about the connection between three women

  Culture Whisper

• A powerful and deeply moving novel about secrets and storytelling, motherhood and friendship, and how we lose and find ourselves

  Sheerluxe