Aleks Sierz writing for The Stage commented that the play was "written with gobsmacking psychological realism", applauding Butler's text for being "full of evasions, projections and concealed aggression".

"[1] Lyn Gardner of The Guardian felt that the author "has an acute ear for the cadences of everyday speech, and he shapes the narrative with impressive skill.

"[2] The Metro wrote that "Leo Butler's remarkable first full-length play has the acutely observed, unapologetic realism of a social documentary", claiming that "its episodic structure reads like blueprint snapshots of teenage life on sink estates in Sheffield".

[1] The Evening Standard praised the "witty, sinister and finally depressing drama", adding that "Butler boldly creates a psychologically complex female lead, surrounding her with unjudged dead-beats, each distinctively vocalising caustic Sheffield Vernacular.

He also looks to be a master of stage craft, subtly manipulating his audience and characters with dramatic reversals, before arriving at an ending that is inevitable, surprising and loaded with pity and fear".