Davies has crafted a taut, compelling novel which falls down only slightly at the end.

"A uniquely compelling novel which is bound to have a resounding and lasting impact on Arthurian fiction."

He cannot - in this instance, anyway - write a coherent or compelling novel.

Papa Sartre is a compelling novel because the plot expose the conscious invitation of an identity.

Among a scattering of positive reviews, Publishers Weekly calls the book "a compelling novel in its own right."

Amnon Jackont's compelling first novel is a hybrid, a thriller inhabited by people and ideas that are supposed to be taken seriously.

He has written a compelling and compassionate novel.

In order to write such a compelling novel, Golding needed to be very much in control of his material.

Set in the bop era, it is one of the most compelling novels ever written about that richly artistic period.

An engrossing and compelling novel... lingering richly in the memory.