A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
“Neverworld Wake is a shape-shifting binge read . . . It’s a ‘clear your calendar’ kind of one-day read, singular as both a psychological thriller and a new addition to Pessl’s uncategorizable canon.” –Melissa Albert, New York Times bestselling author of The Hazel World
“Beautifully creepy . . . .A mystery within a mystery.” —The New York Times
“An altogether eerie, philosophically challenging exploration of the ways in which our actions have consequences . . . the kind of book you’ll tear through and then want to talk about with everyone you know immediately after finishing.” — Nylon
“The first must-read of beach season.” —Town & Country
“[A]sophisticated novel … similar to Libba Bray’s acclaimed Going Bovine.”—VOYA, starred review
“Pessl (Special Topics in Calamity Physics) adeptly creates a compelling nightmare world while maintaining a foothold in realism. Thought-provoking and suspenseful.” —PW
“Unpredictable, exciting, and emotionally wrenching.” —SLJ
“Pessl manages to keep her first-person narrative moving forward while her characters are stuck in time. An eloquent and haunting tale.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This novel has ambition to spare, and teens looking for something odd, atmospheric, and twisty will likely be enthralled.” —Booklist
” . . . there’s a broad range of readers who will find Neverworld a place in which to linger.” —The Bulletin
“A dark and twisty tale brimming with psychological suspense.” —Bustle
