UK reviews
'Different and compelling.' – Sara Lawrence, 'Fabulous, compelling and wonderful... best debuts out this month', Daily Mail
‘[A story] not only about the ultimate powerlessness of medicine in face of mortality, but a beautiful and deeply moving piece about the ways in which people see themselves and are seen by others … This is a serious novel about medical ethics, about the ways in which we live and the ways in which we die. It is emotionally potent, full of rich characterisation and beautiful descriptions of personhood and thought.’ – Scott Manley Hadley, Triumph of the Now
UK reviews
‘Fabulous, compelling and wonderful...best debuts out this month: Bad Words by Rioghnach Robinson, The Surviving Cells by Brian Willems, The Princes of Pauper’s Pond by Lars Elling’, Sara Lawrence, Daily Mail, 10 September 2026
‘The Surviving Cells by Brian Willems: a beautiful, powerful, moving novel about living and dying’, Scott Manley Hadley, Triumph of the Now, 4 September 2026
