Rob Young, Amazon.co.uk
5-Star Review 

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Remember when writing had teeth? When writers like Ian McEwan wrote short little stories that were so sharp, you turned the page and got a paper cut? Well, that's what this book is like. A whip-smart, pin-sharp dissection of ordinary life, seen through a high-definition lens. If that sounds cold, it's not. It's fragile. The embarrassment creaks, the mood grits its teeth and every sentence is 'car advert' tight. It's set around Nottingham but it could be anywhere. If you like soft and fluffy, this is not the book for you, but if you like the heart-laid-bare honesty of Bukowski, or even if you've just got a cranky family yourself, you'll like it. For most people, life isn't full of car chases, super spy hunks and femme fatales, it's one long awkward dinner party, that we have to get through, sober. That's what this book captures. Life is clumsy, the book is not. A shiny, damaged thing of beauty, that is definitely worth a read.

A. Macdonald, Goodreads
5-Star Review

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A journey of self discovery based around how a lack of attachment carries into adulthood and shapes who we become. Daniel questions who he is and how his early years and relationship with his mother shaped him. A great read and a book that also took me straight back to my time at school in the 1970s in Nottingham and the world we inhabited at the time.

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User Review, Google Books
5-Star Review

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This, for some, will be painfully resonant. Woolrich exposes the insecurity we all have with our paternal relationships and traverses the confusion, regret and angst that goes with it. He does so with a dry wit and brutal honesty, that is wholly refreshing.
 

He does not play with these issues but instead confronts them head on, nerves exposed and ultimately tells a tale that we can all relate to. The death of a parent, which is the focal point and something we will all experience brings with it conflict, regret and often resentment.
 

These are explored in a way that is comforting, demonstrative and most importantly with razor sharp wit. He takes pride in an irreverent approach whilst delivering some powerful messages.
 

Here's to hoping for more from this author, there is clearly much more tale to be told. 

Karenk, Amazon USA
5-Star Review

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A Corroded Soul explores the author's relationship with his mother and
other family members.

 

Although it is labeled fiction, the darkness and pain of that dynamic sound personal and real. The writing of this self-investigation by a journalist and documentary filmmaker is eloquent. If you are a person who likes to underline beautifully done passages, you are sure to run out of ink.