The Death House

Critics Review

• shocking and gripping, albeit ultimately hopeful and utterly moving, and it’s Sarah Pinborough’s finest novel to date

  Sci-Fi Now

• A bleak but compulsive tale…The Death House could be her finest novel yet

  The Big Issue

• The Death House is a stunning novel, and a harsh reminder that our lives are simply fragile, fleeting, heart-breaking and most likely destined to end long before we want

  Starburst

• First things first: Sarah Pinborough’s latest novel, The Death House, made me cry…The Death House is the best book you’ll read in 2015, guaranteed, and Sarah Pinborough cements her place as one of our finest living novelists

  Reader Dad

• The Death House is a dazzlingly emotional account of growing up, death and bits in between as well as an early contender for the book of the year

  Upcoming 4 Me

• The Death House is something completely different and doesn’t fall into one definite category. There are many thoughts underlying the storyline but the most prominent ones are an extraordinary love story…it won’t let you go without breaking your heart

  The Book Plank

• The attraction of The Death House is its tragedy. This book is bleak and horrible and you will love it

  Geek Native

• The Death House was a marvel of a read, beautifully emotional, so terribly addictive that I read it in one afternoon and just as a warning, will stomp all over your heart and make it bleed

  Liz Loves Books

• Death becomes her – Sarah Pinborough’s most powerful work to date

  Sf Bulletin

• The Fault in Our Stars for the dystopian fan?….brilliantly written and moving, this is definitely recommended

  Civilian Reader

• The Death House is emotive, thoughtful and memorable – remarkably subversive in its complex nature all wrapped up in a superb ending” – one to read in 2015

  SF Book

• Sarah Pinborough has created an incredible book with The Death House. Ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances highlighting the power of humanity….The writer’s deft touch leaves the reader emotional. You might feel like your heart has been stomped on

  Geek Syndicate

• The Death House is sad, stealthily creepy, emotionally haunting and quite brilliant

  SFF World

• fascinating characters, sinister undertones and mysterious circumstances it makes for an incredibly addictive read

  Fizz and Tattle

• Sarah Pinborough has managed to write one of the saddest love stories I have read in a while, reminiscent of Romeo and Juliet by being tragic and yet also triumphant

  Fantasy Book Review

• Unsettling, frightening and in the end uplifting, The Death House has stayed with me

  Jenny Colgan

• Impressive and moving

  SFX

• fascinating characters, sinister undertones and mysterious circumstances it makes for an incredibly addictive read

  FIzz and Tattle

• [Pinborough] deftly manages to pull elements from various places, from horror tropes to science fiction or thriller or crime and re-weaves them into something far more compelling… she also manages to craft a book which functions perfectly well as an engrossing tale for an adult or for a YA reader.

  Forbidden Planet International

• It surprised me, it warmed me, it charmed me and shocked me both, and it’s brilliant.

  The Book Bag

• This is a touching tale that will linger long after you’ve finished reading, haunting and heartbreakingly sad

  The Eloquent Page

• A very evocative, quick read – I really recommend it if you’re looking for a very chilling, mysterious standalone novel

  Books and Writers JNR

• Pinborough layers a beautiful account of that first, maddening, youthful love, alongside the friendship and brotherhood only found in those doomed to die together. It’s poignant and tear-jerking: the ending is stunning, and I haven’t cried this much at a book in a long time

  Strange Horizons

• There are curveballs and plot twists galore, and more than a handful of tear-jerkers as the story progresses, but all of it is crafted with a care and attention to detail that defines what a good narrative and cracking tale it really is

  British Fantasy Society

• Situated somewhere between Margaret Atwoods’ The Handmaid’s Tale and William Golding’s Lord of the Flies, The Death House is a moving triumph with a gut-punch of a denouement

  The Independent on Sunday

• In a world where detah is everywhere, every breath, every heartbeat becomes previous. Pinborough’s vivid writing ensures her readers feel every one

  The Telegraph

• Moving and totally involving. I couldn’t put it down

  Stephen King

• Compelling, heat braking, yet sinister this novel is beautifully written and thought-provoking

  Telegraph and Argus

• This is a powerful book; emotional and frightening with a killer ending. An absolute must read.

  Terror Tree

• you turn the pages begging for the story to continue ever further and not reach its poetic but terrible conclusion so fast. It will leave you in tears.

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