Critics have often been harsh in their appraisals of The Wonder of Women. In his brief introduction to the play, editor H. Harvey Wood even declares that "[Marston's] style in Sophonisba is almost grotesquely strained and inflated in an attempt to match the dignity of the subject and the import of the occasion".
Critics have been critical of "The Wonder of Women" and editor H. Harvey Wood has expressed his disapproval of Marston's writing style in "Sophonisba," finding it overly elaborate and inflated, aiming to match the seriousness of the subject matter and the significance of the occasion.