“Nicholls' ability to create and then subvert the traditional plot for comedy is the secret of his success. It makes us confront the gap between what we expect from storytelling and what happens in real life”

— Spectator

“There is a sharp empathetic intelligence to his writing that makes his characters real . . . the clear writing often dazzles with truth . . . sad funny, soulful”

— Observer

“A sublime talent for illuminating the murky causeway that most of us have to navigate between darkness and light”

— Donal Ryan

“Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love”

— The Times