What is striking about little scratch is Watson's ability to connect her character's inner monologue with her physical existence; she is never less than fully embodied...little scratch is an extremely perceptive depiction of power and agency. -- Alex Clark ― Guardian Astonishing... the rhythm is engaging and the voice instantly recognisable . . . There is power in the narrator's vulnerability, in her multitudes colliding, in the casual digressions, in the joy she finds through simple things - mint tea, cycling home in the dark, chips dipped in gravy, having sex. Much like Michaela Coel's TV drama I May Destroy You, this novel's climax comes through the narrator's own acknowledgment of her terrible trauma and what it means, rather than through neat divulgence or justice-seeking. -- Zoe Apostolides ― Financial Times
