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Critic reviews

‘Wood takes the passing, shabby details of mundane landscapes and makes them jitter and throb with yearning and menace. A Station on the Path to Somewhere Better is his best work yet - a novel written from the gut, and with a correspondingly visceral power. A superbly unsettling account of trauma and cautious recovery’ (Sarah Waters, author of The Paying Guests)
‘Tenderly dissecting the limits of love between parent and child while wriggling with a rich, thrilling tension, this palpably atmospheric story found its way beneath my skin and now lives there. Tell anyone who’ll listen, Benjamin Wood is one of the best novelists in Britain’ (David Whitehouse, author of Mobile Library)
‘A shocking account of extreme violence and its complicated after-effects. It is a vivid and unsettling novel filled with surprises and insights’ (Ian McGuire, author of The North Water)
'A heart-breaking and heart-stopping new novel; a dark Northern noir that moves at breakneck speed but never fails to be tender and vulnerable as well as visceral and terrifying' (Andrew McMillan)
'A novelist to watch'
'A resounding achievement . . . Rich, beautiful and written by an author of great depth and resource' (Edward Docx on The Ecliptic)
'Full of suspense and beautifully written, superbly imagined and constructed . . . A terrifically gripping and playful book'
'Exhilarating, earthy, cerebral, frank and unflinching . . . A masterfully paced and suspenseful read'
'A rich, intricate and layered work'
'Haunts the imagination long after the final page'
'A gorgeous and harrowing work' (Emily St. John Mandel, author of Station Eleven, on The Ecliptic)
All stars
Most relevant
I am often guilty of skim reading but this book so captivated me a chapter in that I went back and started at the beginning again. Beautifully narrated, genuinely suspenseful, a truly original story. Loved it.

Wonderful

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I've read previous books by this author and enjoyed them. I was looking forward to listening to this audiobook, but in the end I gave up. It failed to engage me despite my perseverance. Maybe I'd enjoy it more as a book to read, but I doubt it. The narration did little to enhance the content - I'm afraid I can't recommend it.

Disappointing

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Absolutely terrible book.
Utter drivel.
Narrator makes a boring, pointless book even worse than you can imagine. Calling the performance drippy is an insult to all things wet.
Glad I got it on audible as if I’d read it I would owe an apology to my eyes for putting them through such a tortuous ordeal.

Appalling

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