The Carrier

Great new page-turner...Unsettling.

I Paper

Ruth Newton’s high-concept thriller is easily one of the most thought-provoking debuts we’ve read this year, operating in that same chilling, systemic sci-fi territory as Severance. It's an incredibly sharp, uncomfortable metaphor for emotional labor and class exploitation. Newton handles the unfolding mystery with a razor-sharp clinical precision that will leave you thinking about the real cost of emotional freedom long after the final chapter.

SciFiNow

As an allegory for our commercialised lives, and particularly the expectations of women’s emotional labour, it’s right on the nose. This cleverly plotted thriller shines a light on the way fortunes are made by inventing new addictions, and how easily unfair treatment may be hidden, or simply accepted. A thought-provoking read.

Guardian

A little Severance-like and ideal summer reading for those of us who enjoy a good high-concept thriller.

New Scientist

Gripping.

Vogue

I absolutely loved this novel - I finished it in one weekend. The entire novel is a call to arms for women.

Marie O'Hare

I so enjoyed it: smart, absorbing and disturbingly timely.

Erica Wagner

Timely, innovative and fantastically compelling.

Pandora Sykes

A breath-taking debut and essential reading for our times.

Emily Buchanan

An acute allegory for emotional labour, and the subtle yet oppressive toll this gendered reality takes on our lives and bodies.

Rachel Donald

The Carrier holds no punches. A fast-paced, prescient novel set in an all too familiar near-future, with a glimmer of hope to inspire each of us to step up and speak up.

Jodie Matthews, author of Meet Me at the Surface

Newton creates a world that's frighteningly real with a well-crafted spotlight on women's emotional labour. Equal parts thought-provoking and rage-inducing The Carrier is a propulsive thriller you'll remember long after the last page. An incredibly accomplished debut.

Asia Mackay

Your next must read.

Cosmopolitan UK

Gripping.

Vogue

A clever debut.

The Times

Ideal summer reading.

New Scientist

Thought provoking.

The Guardian

Unsettling.

The Independent