outstanding (Publishers Weekly, USA)
a master of dark fantasy, but above all, a master storyteller (Observator cultural, Romania)
a real work of art in its own right (die tageszeitung, Germany)
a bow to the power of storytelling in the form of literary horror (Buchkultur, Germany)
reinterprets the gothic novel in a linguistically powerful way (Bücher Magazin, Germany)
a dark literary pearl of the fantastic (Börsenblatt, Germany)
his debut will leave its mark on literature (Darker, Russia)
a challenging, fascinating work (Geek!, Germany)
dark and linguistically powerful fantasy (Legacy, Germany)
very dark (British Fantasy Society, UK)
a true master who knows how to handle words and meanings (Mir Fantastiki, Russia)
entertaining and enjoyably scary (SWR2, Germany)