«Tells an unaffected, gritty, exciting story that you can immediately imagine as a film»

Felix Mueller, Berliner Morgenpost

«The panorama of characters is intoxicating»

Margarete Affenzeller, Der Standard

«Schimmelpfennig the novelist, like the playwright, succeeds in making his characters lively and believable with just a few strokes»

Monika Wolting, literaturekritik.de

«A restless novel written in clear language by a dramatist used to condensing events into vivid scenes.»

Anne Fritsch, Munich Feuilleton

«An intoxicating sequence of scenes, with the sober realization that nothing can end well here»

Maike Schiller, Hamburger Abendblatt

«A breathless noir novel full of fragile characters, an a powerfully compelling read - the pages practically turn by themselves»

Angelika Grabher-Hollenstein, APA