A remarkably successful evocation of loss ... Alderman handles the fairly obvious political allegories with a lightness of touch that prevents them from collapsing into polemic ... A deeply moving and wise book.
Sounds like two books in one, but it isn’t: the mimmoth arrival and the oddness it brings — uncertainty, a new perspective, the closing of one life and the opening of another — all fit perfectly with the confusions of grief and the paths leading through it ... A manifestation of Alderman’s suffering, not a description of it.
This aptly titled novel might be Naomi Alderman’s strangest book yet ... Although the speculative aspects of the novel fizzle out somewhat, as a whole this is a strange, dazzling book.
Alderman has written something bold and uncompromising ... The gamut of the human experience is present here ... Full of wonder ... Readers picking this novel up expecting the science-fiction intrigue to take centre-stage might find themselves disappointed. This is a deeply personal story ... That is arguably the brilliance of The Strangers ... Wonderful.
