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"Winslow's novel is so self-assured, so well-constructed and so chilling that the reader is left in awe by the young author's accomplished debut...'The Whole World' shines as a potent look at the self-absorption and angst of youth and the regrets and doubts of middle age."
- The Richmond Times-Dispatch
"[An] engrossing debut...The pieces come together to reveal a vivid and shocking picture at the end of this novel of literary suspense."
- Parade magazine top summer pick
"A first novel about growing up, having sex and going seriously off the rails at Cambridge University." - Palm Beach Post summer reading list
"What a ride! Read this book." - Decatur Daily
"Winslow's characters ring true: her undergraduates' self-absorption, insecurity and penchant for drama...The later-in-life disappointments and posturing of the professor, her husband and the cop...An absorbing whole complete in all its parts."
- The Portsmouth Herald
"All these moving parts make for a really absorbing read...What has kept the book in my thoughts since I finished it, however, is not its formal complexity, but the prose it’s written in...revealing just enough to chill and compel through the final pages." - New Haven Review
"Winslow excels at describing the unique architecture and ambience of Cambridge while gradually creating a chilling, psychologically creepy atmosphere." - Booklist
"Allegations of murder and a devastating accident are the catalysts in this dense, languid story which fuses [a] mysterious past with present-day traumas." - Curled Up with a Good Book
"The narrative is set up a bit like a puzzle, switching point of views five times through the novel and each time giving us a clearer picture of events...I really enjoyed reading this one." - Presenting Lenore
"I [savored] the lovely language, the story Winslow created for me, and the competing ideas of just what exactly constitutes 'the whole world.' Highly recommended."
- Devourer of Books
"I loved the Cambridge setting and the way Winslow made it such a strong part of the story. Her characterizations were really well done, thoughtfully created with subtlety and depth. Psychologically the book had a lot going on, much like the works of Ruth Rendell and Tana French."
- Reading is my Superpower
"Winslow writes exquisitely and with great honesty, each character picking up the narrative and adding his or her own complex history so the result is a rich, multi-layered tale. The imagery is compelling: you can see the cascade of paper snowflakes, the shine of lights in the wet English rain. I was well past the halfway mark before I realized that The Whole World is about much, much more than what happened to one young man in the middle of an ordinary day."
- Carla Buckley, author of The Things That Keep Us Here
"Readers lured into the pages of this intense psychological mystery are in for no gentle ride, as rivalries and jealousies know no bounds in Emily Winslow's intriguing debut novel, The Whole World, set amidst Cambridge's dreaming spires."
- Richard Reynolds, Heffers, Cambridge, England
