Virtually unreviewable is Peter Dickinson's unusual and absorbing book [Chance, Luck and Destiny]. Its four sections, 'Magic and Witchcraft' being added to the three of the title, are anthologies of facts and fictions, unquestionably enhanced by the author's commentary, which never seeks to make mystery where there is none and frequently dismisses fallacy, yet reveals the strangeness of the workings of chance and coincidence in people's lives…. Difficult to evaluate as such a cauldronful of intriguing entertainment may be, it is certainly unlikely to be left unread if placed on the library shelves of any secondary school. (p. 57)

David Churchill, in The School Librarian, March, 1976.