Simon May, Departmental Fellow in Philosophy, Birkbeck College, University of London

In sum ... this is a serious and thought provoking analysis that challenges both Nietzsche and his interpreters. May's book stands out from the rest in his rigorous analysis of the implicit principles of life-enhancement and in his challenging of both the necessity of Nietzsche's rejection of the transcendent and the viability of his individualism to his overall project of life-enhancement. - International Philosophical Quarterly Vol XLI, No.1, issue 161

This book has many strengths, one of which is May's rigorous and patient scrutiny of each of Nietzsche's transvalued ethical concepts. - International Philosophical Quarterly Vol XLI, No.1, issue 161

lucid and rigorous - International Philosophical Quarterly, Vol XLI, No.1, issue 161

his [May] claims offer significant challenges to entrenched understandings of many aspects of Nietzsche's moral philosophy, and further consideration of these challenges is likely to be fruitful. - Tom Bailey, New Nietzsche Studies Journal

These discussions ... provide numerous stimulating approaches to particular aspects of Nietzsche's moral philosophy. - Tom Bailey, New Nietzsche Studies Journal

Most impressive among these discussions is that of the second essay of The Genealogy. Tom Bailey, New Nietzsche Studies Journal -