PositiveThe Sunday TimesThe \'quirky female outcast\' is something of a trend in fiction, and... Beagin’s offbeat debut follows ... the novel shifts into something else, becoming darker and less jokey. Beagin’s larger-than-life cast occasionally distracts from the real pull of the novel, the heartbreaking loneliness of this nihilistic young woman, but the pull of the central character keeps you reading.