Isaac and the Egg is such a lovely book to read ! Its a book about loss and love and grieving, this book made me cry but it also me made me laugh out loud. A new author for me but a wonderful debut novel that will make you want to sit and read it in one sitting. This is a book I would happily read again and again.
Thanks as always to NetGalley, Headline ,Headline review and the author Bobby Palmer for giving such a lovely read.

This was a beautifully written book about love, lose and grief. Isaac is grieving for his dead wife and is driven to the point where he feels he no longer wants to live without her when he discovers Egg hidden away in the forest. This is the start of their journey together as they learn about each other, through a mixture of often hilarious and sometimes heart breaking experiences.

As a debut book, this was outstanding and unique storyline and one that will stay with me for a long time to come.

Highly recommend.

Many thanks to Headline and NetGalley for the review copy.

This truly is a beautiful and captivating read, guaranteed to be one of the most talked about books of the summer.

This is a book that caught my eye at the Headline event. I absolutely knew from the moment this was talked about, I was going to adore this book. I completely underestimated how much I would adore this book.

Palmer has captivated my attention from very early on in this one. I have devoured page after page, unable and unwilling to put this one down. I’ve been completely hostage by this one, everything about this has made me want more.

Palmer writes beautifully, this just flows. I love a new author and Mr Palmer is going to be one to watch out for. The characters in this one are beautifully created and Isaac has really taken a part of my heart. Palmer has really shown the reader the grief, misery and suffering felt by Isaac.

Palmer has really transported me with this book. I have felt as though I have been there with Isaac and been watching what has taken place. The egg has brought me so many smiles, I’m not saying anything more because I really want everyone to read this book.

Isaac and the Egg has broken my heart into a million pieces and put it back together again. Bobby Palmer I absolutely applaud you, this is just a phenomenal masterpiece and a wonderful debut. This book has given me moments of crying, moments of laughter and is filled with sadness. I absolutely need more after reading this one.

This is a book which NEEDS to be a bestseller. There is nothing negative I can say about this one. It is an absolute must for the TBR. I will be recommending this book to everyone.

So, what do you do when you read (and listen) to a book that you want the whole world to read, but you don't want to tell them too much about it, because this book is one of the most personal books that I have come across in a long time and it is a book that is best started with absolutely no preconceived ideas.

I wanted to sit and talk about this wonderful creation while I was absorbing it, because that's what it does, Bobby Palmers narrative will seep into your very pores. You will want to share every last paragraph of this multilayered triumph, while at the same time wanting to stay quiet, to understand what others make of it, wonder whether you share the same thoughts. My advice is to read it with people, many people, experience it with company.

This book truly stole the air that I was breathing, a tale of tragic loss and the most unfathomable grief, but a story told with the most exquisitely clever humour. A book that, on the surface, its simplicity could be mistaken for a book for a younger audience, but for me that is where it's true power hides. A multilayered, gentle unravelling of a man who feels that he has lost everything, a tender meditation on the power of the mind.

There are ET vibes and there are laugh out loud moments, but the beauty of this book is in its perfectly paced reveal and the intricate weave between what is real and what is imagined.

Can't recommend highly enough, the book of the summer I think.

An extraordinary book that personifies grief in a way that sounds ridiculous as an idea but is totally realistic as you wrap yourself in the story. The vivid description of Egg, the way he looks, sounds and behaves, and the ongoing relationship with a grieving man are heartwarming. And also very funny. As Andy learns to live with and understand his grief, even the reader - even knowing that he has to go - doesn't want Egg to leave at the end.

This was a great look at grief and denial, but for me was a bit on the nose in places and lacked aoemghing but I couldn’t put my finger on it. The story was unpredictable but the writing was not.

I can’t stop thinking about Isaac and the Egg, it is truly one of the most wonderful books I have read in a long time.
It starts with Isaac, mad with grief after the death of his wife, standing on a bridge and screaming. Suddenly something screams back from the woods and Isaac finds a 2 foot high egg glowing in a clearing. He decides to take it home and there begins a beautiful, wildly imaginative story.
I don’t want to spoil it by giving too much away but the main themes of grief, love and friendship are handled in an honest and not overly sentimental way. These are characters you won’t forget in a hurry, and I suspect, like me, you will have tears pouring down your face as you read the last pages. What a debut, I would give it 6 stars if I could.
Thank you to #netgalley and #headlinepg for allowing me to review this ARC

This is a surreal but strangely beautiful book!
A suicidal widower finds an odd, 2 foot egg in the woods and he decides to take it home. It turns out that it is not an egg but a small furry monster, which distracts him from his grief-stricken state and helps him to start to rebuild his life.

I couldnt put his book down and was really sad when it ended!

this is quite odd but also touching and is funny in places and serious and sad in other places and handles the shift change well as aspects of its a wonderful life and also deal with grief in a realistic way

It's really difficult to review this book. I lost someone not long ago and this book had my sobbing and smiling and laughing. It is beautiful and heart breaking but will stay with me for a long time. Am I glad I read it ,yes, would I recommend it to others, definately.

How do you deal with loss? What occurs physically and mentally? We all have different coping methods.
The central character, Issac cannot process the immense catastrophe that he had to ensure. So how on earth does he manage?
Truth is, he really can't without help but refuses all attempts as he spirals into total self destruct mode. Thankfully there is the Egg.
Written with superb despriptive insight of extreme emotional fragility, this tragic tale is speckled with humour.
Personally, I guessed some situations ahead of time, but I believe that was intentional - the elephant in the room so to speak. A difficult subject approached in a refreshing way.
I prefer thrillers but was intrigued by other reviews and the title and glad I read it. It culminated exactly as it should, beautifully rounded off and that worked for me.

I started reading Issac and the Egg thinking I was reviewing a children's story, which I sometimes do. It wasn’t long before I realised this wasn’t the case, but found myself somewhat intrigue as to where the storyline was going. Then I found that I could not put the book down. I just had to find out what Egg was all about. Later on in the book I experienced sadness for Issac but also for Egg! Normally I would have put a book like this down never to have finished it, but I found myself needing to know that Egg was safe! An unexpected pleasure to have read this book it will be a great success.

If I could have given 6 ⭐️ for this book I would have. This book is going to stay with me for a very long time and I think it’s one of those rare books for me that I’ll read again. A friend commented after reading that it’s a book you should read without knowing too much about what it’s about and I absolutely agree. In my opinion, it’s a book you can only discuss with someone who’s also read it.
But my, what an absolutely amazing portrayal of such raw grief. Whilst it’s heartbreaking, Bobby Palmer tempers this with just the perfect balance of humour. You will laugh and cry, your heart will break for Isaac and you will fall in love with Egg. I have to say I think this is now my number one book of 2022.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for a review. I shall be telling everyone I know to read this book.

When the shell containing Isaac's life cracks, in the middle of the scream he finds egg. I've never read another book quite like this. It reminded me a little of Robot and Frank, a heart-warming, devastating, humorous story of connection within brokenness. I've recommended it to all my friends saying, I can't really tell you what it's about but please please read it!

A uniquely written, beautifully perceptive, astute depiction of despair, grief and loss and how to move forward afterwards. This touching, tender story hooks you in at the start as Isaac Addy, suffering greatly after the unexpected death of his wife, Mary, stands on a bridge and contemplates committing suicide.

He lets out a huge howl of anguish and is shocked when someone (or something) appears to mirror him and answers back. It sounds eerily human or animal-like. It’s Egg. A fragile, lost and alone little creature who Isaac decides to take home with him.

Together they try to live side by side and communicate in their disparate ways. Isaac finds himself with a fresh sense of purpose and a strong desire to nurture this small being even though he’s been terrible at caring for himself, much to the dismay of his sister and immediate neighbours.

The book’s beginning feels as if you could be reading a science fiction novel, but the middle provides one of the best descriptions of grieving a loved one that I’ve ever read. The end section is faster paced, heartbreaking in its revelations, and chock full of pathos.

Don’t be surprised if it reduces you to tears as it did to me, especially if you have recent experience of the rawness of grief and how it can tear your life apart. There are many laugh out loud moments too as Isaac and Egg seek to understand one another. Grateful thanks to Headline and NetGalley for the ARC.

Isaac and the Egg is indeed a beautiful book ...... quite a unique book, but it's a very difficult one to review. It is a book about grief, loss and love. Strong and emotive topics interspersed with laugh out loud funny moments. A great debut novel that will draw you in. Thanks to NetGalley, publisher and author for an arc in exchange for my honest review.

Isaac and the Egg by Bobby Palmer

Isaac is grieving for his wife and contemplating ending it all when he finds Egg in a forest. Looking after Egg and hiding him from everyone else gives Isaac something else to focus on and slowly re-engage in the world.

What a strange and beautiful book! I really wasn't sure where it was going for the first part of the story but I was intrigued and my oh my... what a heartwrenching and heartwarming story it turned out to be! Very highly recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

One of the most understatedly beautiful books I've read in a long time.

First a confession; the love of my life died very recently so this book brought me to tears so very many times. But it also made me snort with laughter.

The recently bereaved Isaac finds himself suddenly in charge of an alien he refers to as Egg. We do not what Egg is or where it has come from but Egg, it seems, is here to help Isaac with the loss of his wife. However, with Egg's arrival Isaac is forced to confront the truth that he is not coping, he is not fine and he needs help. He's also keeping secrets from Egg: where does Isaac go? Who is Isaac talking to so secretively and why is the room at the top of the house locked? Egg is determined to find out.

The story of Isaac Addy, Mary Moray and Egg is simple, sad, funny, joyful and heartbreaking. I recognised so many of Isaac's gripes from my own life - why won't people leave me alone? Why should I let go of old shoes? What's wrong with beans for every meal? Isaac's grief was rarely raw but so very powerful perhaps because of its orderiness.

A truly astounding debut novel.
Very very highly recommended. Read it.

this book gives you every emotion there is. Sadness, love, friendship. Everyone needs an egg when times are tough. It is a lovely book and whilst sad its still a little bit upliftin

A remarkable book that gives real insight into what it must be like to be at rock bottom and wanting to end it all. A primal scream brings a response and this extraordinary tale of a grieving man and a strange egg thing begins.