Rough Beast is shocking, important and unputdownable. * Roddy Doyle *
A true story of crime, memory, and justice, Rough Beast is absorbing and endlessly moving. It is a meteor of a book, blazing and unforgettable. * Flynn Berry *
Remarkable and shocking...Cahill writes with clarity and describes events in a direct, no-nonsense way * Irish Times *
A book that goes head to head with republicans like no other, because she knows the situation from the inside. * Olivia O'Leary *
[A] searing memoir of rape and abuse at the hands of the Irish Republican Army * Financial Times *
The most perceptive and devastating insight into the deranged morality of the Sinn Fein/IRA movement of recent years * Sunday Independent *
[A] searing account of sexual abuse * The Telegraph *
A book which everyone in the British Isles should read * Impartial Reporter *
A brave and pentrating critic of Irish republican politics, Cahill is a brilliant and powerful writer * New Humanist *
Cahill's uncompromising account of her abuse should make any Sinn Fein supporter feel deeply uncomfortable * Business Post *
Cahill's modest story is an important record. It hints at an adjacently possible world that doesn't have to repeat the poisonous cycles of the past... The book momentary clears the pall of forgetfulness on less regarded acts that fall outside the shiny allure of grand narratives. As such, it's worth its weight in gold. * Slugger O'Toole *
Ms Cahill writes in harrowing detail of her treatment by Sinn Fein when she went public and why she feels let down by the PSNI. For all those with an interest in how society treats women, republicanism or modern Irish politics, this book is a must read. * Newstalk *