Over

Forster's tightly-focused, first-person narrative is utterly compelling and painfully convincing

Daily Mail

Forster's first person account of Lou's emotional exhaustion, her bleached anger at the ruthless egotism of her husband's grief, and her inability to discern the same essential failing in her own bitter self protectiveness is an impressive feat of observation and imagination

The Times

Forster's scrupulous inspection of the clammy and repressive intricacies of domestic life is, as in so much of her discomforting fiction, a serious pleasure to read

Sunday Times

Margaret Forster once again proves her ability to get under the skin of her characters

She magazine

Over is a gripping page-turner... a hauntingly rewarding read

Daily Express