PositiveNew York Journal of Books\"... we’ve known these types of players in plenty of psychological thrillers, but in John Boyne’s hands, the subtleties of the moment are breathless ... Boyne’s writing is so graphic, and so creepy. You shouldn’t read this book before sleeping ... Boyne’s brilliant shifting points of view, and his command of one of the most self-rationalized psychopaths in modern literature will keep readers haunted after reading the conclusion.\