Thirst Trap

Hilarious and gut-wrenching – Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller
A triumph. Gráinne O’Hare is like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast - hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way – Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake
Raucous, sexy and f*cking hilarious. A heady mix of Michael Magee’s Close to Home and Lena Dunham’s Girls. Everybody should read this book. – Aimée Walsh, author of Exile
It’s one of those novels that you can’t believe is a debut. O’Hare is a writer to watch out for in 2025 and beyond – RTÉ
A rising star of the Belfast New Wave … a book is for anyone who has found themselves on the fraying end of a close friendship, appreciates comedy or experienced their twenties in a blur of high emotion – The Irish Post
High-velocity, hilarious, and rooted in the chaos and absolute commitment of female friendship. I love her work – Naomi Booth, author of raw content
A fresh, fun and feisty story of female friendship and loss – Irish Post
Bit­ter­sweet and bit­ingly funny – Irish Central
It’s compulsively readable and brilliant on friendship and grief. I raced through it – Daily Mail
If you’re a fan of Dolly Alderton or Caroline O’Donoghue, then run to your nearest bookshop to get a copy of Thirst Trap … incredibly touching, beautifully relatable – her
’[A] vibrant debut … this is one to cherish’ – Publishers Weekly
Think Dolly Alderton, but with the sharp edges of Eliza Clark … O’Hare has a true gift for a visceral simile, her sandpapery prose scribbling vivid pictures of messy pleasure that you can practically smell off the tequila-soaked page – The Independent
So funny, taut and complex – Wendy Erskine, author of The Benefactors
An absolute riot - funny, compassionate, observant and wise … O’Hare attends so closely, so wittily and so empathetically to every single one of these characters … enormously impressive and fun – Kevin Power, The Irish Times
Very funny … a little bit Dolly Alderton and a little bit Lena Dunham, with a wholly Irish soul – The New York Times
Brilliant. The characters were so warm and real, I felt like I knew them. A beautiful look at friendship and transition, it was funny, bittersweet, and honest – Chloe Michelle Howarth, author of Sunburn
An emotional wild ride in all the best ways – Dakota Johnson, TEATIME Book club
An absolutely cracking read … Gráinne O’Hare has a keen eye, a sharp wit, pitch-perfect comic timing and a big heart, and spending time with her and her trio of female friends has all the raucous intimate pleasure of a big night out without any of the hangover. I loved it – Lucy Caldwell, author of These Days
A triumph. Gráinne O’Hare is like the literary love child of Miranda July and Carrie Fisher, transposed in Belfast - hilarious, smart and chaotic in the best way – Louise Nealon, author of Snowflake
Spiky, funny, cool, heartbreaking … There were so many turns of phrase I had to read again and again because they were so perfectly put. It’s a deeply fulfilling and tender read about the power of female friendship and of finding light in dark places. A dazzlingly assured novel – Emma Stonex, author of The Lamplighters
A promising debut … The New Sobriety will have to wait—the party novel is not dead. At least in Ireland – Kirkus
It’s one of those novels that you can’t believe is a debut. O’Hare is a writer to watch out for in 2025 and beyond – RTÉ
Highly-relatable. A brilliant portrayal of grief — and of growing up. Written with humour, hope, and warmth – Irish Examiner
Gráinne O’Hare is the next big thing on the literary scene … Thirst Trap is a quintessential millennial coming of age story - and magic to read – The Mirror
Tenderly encompasses grief, friendship, relationships and self-destruction in a way that’s funny, relatable and bittersweet – RTÉ, Books of the Year
A hilarious and chaotic portrait of friendship in your 30s and how our lives change and diverge as we get older – CN Traveller, ‘Must-read books for summer 2026’
So, so good … Although it is heartbreaking at times, the humour in it is unrivalled … a binge-worthy and chaotic read – Belfast Live

Gráinne O’Hare is a writer from Belfast based in Newcastle upon Tyne. She received a Northern Debut Award for Fiction from New Writing North in 2022, and was awarded funding by the Arts Council in 2023 for the development and completion of her first novel.

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