Berlin

Reviews

Cinematic and confessional . . . Berlin is a Woolfian mirror: Red herrings and cliffhangers stoke interest by conforming to expectations, until the novel undercuts them with digressions and anticlimaxes, reveling in its own formal impunity. . . electric. [An] engagingly self-conscious debut . . . our attention is firmly held by the wry wit of Daphne's voice, as well as regular hints that she's something of an unreliable narrator . . . the book's success lies chiefly in its line by-line charm Weird, compelling and unique: I was completely absorbed by BERLIN, with its slippery, unsettling narrator, its vivid evocation of a city seen through the troubling lens of disorientation, and by the writing itself, which gleamed. Scintillating . . . Berlin is wonderfully funny, and Daphne's observations about modern life, men and the challenges facing young women always hit the nail Uncommonly funny, cinematically vivid, and refreshingly honest about how we deceive others and ourselves. Anyone who's started over in a new city -- let alone a new country -- will relate . . . One for Sally Rooney fans A compelling, raw, and thrillingly strange outsider tale of loneliness and deception. Setton is a wonderful writer who, with this sharp debut, adds to the great canon of contemporary anti-heroines. Combining the darkness of a thriller with humour, Bea Setton's debut is a fresh and deeply honest take on the modern female experience Setton builds her growing paranoia and sense of dread to terrific effect in this unsettling, compelling read. Enjoyable and astutue . . . Daphne's impressions are rendered in precise, lively prose Expand reviews