"I'm trying to get my head around how to review this because there were good parts and there were bad parts but I'm having trouble differentiating them". Read my review of this emotional revenge tale by Stephen Graham Jones...
Book review: The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson
"I love Shirley Jackson and her way of looking into normal everyday lives and turning them sinister". Read my review of this short story collection from Shirley Jackson...
Book review: The Vegetarian by Han Kang
"I really liked the writing style in this one, it was forthright yet elegant but the story it told was lost on me". Read my review of Han Kang's fever dream of a novel...
Book review: Mysterious Skin by Scott Heim
"Tackling sexual abuse and trauma, this is no easy read but it's surprisingly simple to lose yourself in the pages". Read my review of Scott Heim's devastating novel about self discovery...
Book review: You Let Me In by Lucy Clarke
"If you're on the lookout for that so called 'beach read' thriller, I would say this is a pretty good option"! Read my review of Lucy Clarke's classic thriller novel...
Review: Washington Black by Esi Edugyan
Synopsis Eleven-year-old George Washington Black--or Wash--a field slave on a Barbados sugar plantation, is initially terrified when he is chosen as the manservant of his master's brother. To his surprise, however, the eccentric Christopher Wilde turns out to be a naturalist, explorer, inventor, and abolitionist. Soon Wash is initiated into a world where a flying …
Review: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
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Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: Seconds before the Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for the last fifteen years, has been posing as an out-of-work actor. Together this dynamic pair …
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Review: The Secret Life of Cows by Rosamund Young
⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: Cows can love, play games, bond and form strong, life-long friendships. They can sulk, hold grudges, and they have preferences and can be vain. All these characteristics and more have been observed, documented, interpreted and retold by Rosamund Young based on her experiences looking after the family farm's herd on Kite's Nest Farm …
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Review: The Devil and Harper Lee by Mark Seal
⭐⭐⭐ Synopsis: In the 1970s, a mysterious man captivated and terrorized a small Alabama town. He was elegant and handsome, a charismatic pastor and leader in the African American community. But rumors swirled. Preaching on Sunday, people would say, killing on Monday. Far away in New York City, one of America’s most beloved writers was …
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