Hooked from page 1. Absolutely incredible - it will please fans of The Rosie Project and Samin Nosrat, except that this book is just a few shades darker than all of that, and a million times better.

The storytelling is superb, and while you’re completely sold by the love story, the book is so much more than that. It’s an emotional rollercoaster throughout, hilariously funny at times, hard hitting and sad too.

I finished it in one sitting, and will be recommending it far and wide!

Elizabeth Zott is by no means your average woman. Elizabeth Zott is discriminated against in 1960s America because she dares to be a woman and a chemist. Nobel Prize-nominated Calvin Evans is differently unconventional, bears grudges to an unimaginable level - and falls in love with Elizabeth Zott's mind.

And yet peculiar circumstances find Elizabeth Zott hosting an afternoon TV cookery show, a show which teaches America's women about chemistry, and ultimately liberates an entire generation.

Absolutely awesome.

A glorious book! Very excited to see that it is going to be adapted as a TV programme and can absolutely see the very singular and talented Brie Larsen as Elizabeth Zott, a straightforward scientific woman surrounded by mediocre men. While all of the book was strong, Elizabeth's meeting and falling in love with Calvin Evans (and the immediate 'chemistry' between them) was the hardest part to put down, and this is really one of the best depictions of love that I've seen in recent fiction, followed by equally compelling takes on motherhood, female friendship and the relationship between a human and a beloved animal (the dog Six-Thirty). I hope both the book and TV show are a huge hit!

This is absolute perfection. Wonderfully witty and dry humour adds to this poignant and sentimental story. The relationships are strong, the women even stronger and this really highlights feminist issues and traditional values back in the 50s/60s. The first half is a sweet love story, funny, quirky and very intelligent. The second half is more challenging for Miss Zott and sees her take on a very tricky TV role. Elizabeth Zott is too clever, too modern and all about the science. I cant pretend to know the first thing about science but that did not spoilt the story, actually I think it enhanced it for me. This makes you go through every emotion, and whilst I cant say I relate to Elizabeth Zott, I love her courage, her conviction and her resilience. Superb read and cannot believe its a debut.

If I was a scientist – and I am VERY much not a scientist – I would leave here the compound symbols for perfection. Alas I have to find words instead, and it's difficult to express quite how much I loved this book without rambling. Let's go with … original, clever, hilarious, devastating, infuriating and brilliant for starters. Strong women fighting for justice and equality against the odds. A truly wonderful cast of characters. An appreciation for science that is way above anything I ever learned at school. What has to be one of the best dogs ever to appear in fiction. All ingredients for a novel I was hooked on from page one and mourned when it was done. Have told pretty much everyone I have spoken to since to pre order.