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