The Last Girl was critically acclaimed, being named by Alan Sillitoe in The Independent as one of his books of the year; "Wonderful ... that rare novel which no-one, having once read, will be able to forget". Julie Myerson wrote in The Guardian, "astoundingly complex for a first novel ... [it] successfully encompasses passion, morality, history and art." Publishers Weekly called it "an absorbing debut". The Lithuanian Quarterly Journal of Arts and Sciences, Booklist, and The Washington Times also reviewed the book.
