Deborah Ross

Animal magnetism | 26 April 2018

As the troubled lead, Jessie Buckley is mesmerising in this compelling, layered debut from Michael Pearce

issue 28 April 2018

When I first read that Beast is a serial-killer thriller my heart sank like a stone — yet more women raped, butchered, murdered; splendid, bring it on. But it is, in fact, fascinating and brilliant, and not like any serial-killer thriller you’ve seen before. This is because a woman owns it.

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