Each one feels instinctual, like it might have been penned on a train or waiting for a bus. They are often simultaneously pithy and profound . . . Within these musings, seemingly fleeting thoughts, all of life resides, from the quotidian to the existential. - Simon Lowe, Full Stop
Boyles slim book is missal of mortality, a reminder that death is not just a line break but Fin . . . This is a literary book about writing and the imagination, not just about the disruptions and the disappointments that litter our way. - Brian Morton, Times Literary Supplement
Where sheer readerly pleasure is concerned nothing published in 2022 has topped Charles Boyles 99 Interruptions. - Nathan Knapp, Books of the Year, Review 31