„There are books that make you think, „okay, read it, plow it and write a short review”. That went wrong with Michel Birbæk. I started to read his novel and justgot stuck. His new novel „The Most Beautiful Girl in the World“ is as if you just wanted to listen to an album and then suddenly get caught up in the music and can’t let go. One follows Birbæk willingly to the dramatic and astonishing finale,and are enchanted the entire way“.
NEUE RUHR ZEITUNG
„Humorous and cool! Birbæk’s new novel is a declaration of love to music and all musicians in general.“
MOPO
„Captivating mourning for a legend. Entertainingly written reading, which differs from upscale romance novels in the almost journalistic passages and digressions to music. But just as Birbæk’s confrontation with the past, which takes placeas a result of Leo’s action, takesthe reader into a veritable whirlpool. One can slowly sense that „The Most Beautiful Girl in the World“ is not about new love. This is a psychologically conclusive and mourning work told in a captivating way over long stretches – not only for Prince fans!”
FN WEB
„If one had to invent something that describes Michel Birbæk’s novels, it would be: adult romance. With a fast beat, great emotions, nostalgia and Zeitgeist: It’s grooving!“
EMOTION
„A great book! Wit, grief, romance, everything in this great relationship story.“
ARD MORGEN MAGAZIN
„Michel Birbæk has written a novel that is as entertaining as it is thoughtful. At the same time, the book is a declaration of love to one of the greatest stars the pop world has ever had – Prince. Birbæk succeeds in pinpointingthe feelings and often comic infirmities of a generation in his fifth city novel. Between Prince worship and cynical humor, Leo Palmer must first return to the beginning to get a second chance with the „The Most Beautiful Girl in the World”.
MITTELDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG
„A beautiful mixture of truth and poetry, with a lot of rock’n’roll and heart.“
KÖLNISCHE RUNDSCHAU
„Birbæk writes a song of praise for love and music. Must be read!“
WILDWECHSEL
„A musician’s love story coupled with a homage to Prince. Feelings, humor and rocknroll.“
TV-MEDIA
„After the traumatizing death of the legend Prince, Birbæk works through parts of his own life in a tragic-comic and pays literary homage to love and music. Conclusion: music-loving!“
SUBWAY
„The Most Beautiful Girl in the World“ is a personal reappraisal of the death of the music idol Prince by author Michel Birbæk,and a wonderful homage to the power of music.“
NEUMANN
„Wise and thoughtful insights into music, women, love and life.“
ROCKS MAGAZIN