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The Lifeboat – what the critics think
Posted by Stephen Dumughn in Blog
The Lifeboat is a book that has had us talking here for some time – now it's the critics turn:
‘Rogan’s debut may be later than many writers, and arguably all the better. She deploys her story’s materials (which come back quietly, murmuring in the ear in the night) with a quiet assurance that catches the reader more firmly than any amount of pyrotechnics. Grace Winter may persuade herself that she doesn’t understand what is going on, but Rogan certainly does.’ Independent, Michael Bywater
‘Nail-biting… This fabulous first novel is almost unbearably exciting – you’ll gulp it down in a single sitting.’ The Times
‘Charlotte Rogan’s first novel, set in 1914, develops the situation with aplomb’ Mail on Sunday, Max Davidson
‘Rogan does an excellent job of conveying the fear and claustrophobia of a lifeboat full of strangers’ The Spectator
‘Powerful and imaginative… with a nod to Lord of the Flies as well as to The Life of Pi, this is a bold and forceful debut’ Daily Mail
‘A gripping debut that follows 39 shipwreck survivors who end up cast adrift at sea’ Heat
‘A terrifying, mesmeric tale’ Woman & Home
Have you read The Lifeboat yet? And is so, what did you think? Let us know below.
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