PositiveThe Observer (UK)The plot rips along, though the sporadic interjection of teenage social media posts feels clumsy and more suited to adolescent chick lit, and there are page-turning twists at the end. In a post-Huffman world, the detail may not shock but the emotions will be painfully recognisable, not least those triggered by the plight of the genuinely bright immigrant child ... goes to the toxic heart of the \'best for my child\' mantra by which all parents today are encouraged to live ... I was left yearning for more of the inner world of these women and their partners ... Even without the deeper psychological dive, this is a funny and perceptive account of a dilemma that is being played out all over the globe. It has more than a touch of Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies so I predict the next step will be a TV series – Desperate Parents? Huffman can take a lead role and truth will finally have merged seamlessly into fiction.