"Crown of Thorns is conceived as a total poem.
The intricate patterning of the sequences releases
a vortex of sonnets, which are by turns visceral,
creaturely, fluid, heart-wrung, wild, true and ruthless.
Taken together they create a complex, patterned
magic - a swarm of language and sound gathered
in with immense skill by Bethany Pope.
This is a book of intense and impressive movement
and momentum. "
David Morley
