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Posted on June 1, 2022May 26, 2022

Book review: The Poet by Louisa Reid

“This was an interesting story about toxic love, women being silenced, class, and revenge.” Read my full review for The Poet by Louisa Reid...

Posted on May 31, 2022May 26, 2022

Book review: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Other Lessons from the Crematorium by Caitlyn Doughty

“This was an insightful book that really opened my eyes to our current Western societal views of death, our traditions and our fear of the inevitable.” Read my full review for Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlyn Doughty...

Posted on May 30, 2022May 26, 2022

Book review: All’s Well by Mona Awad

“A truly hypnotising read with that fever dreamy feel I love so much in books.” Read my full review for All's Well by Mona Awad...

Posted on May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

Book review: We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets, translated by Emma Rault

“Bervoets writing is easy to read and I am hoping that more of her work gets translated in the future!” Read my full review for We Had To Remove This Post by Hanna Bervoets...

Posted on May 9, 2022May 6, 2022

Book review: They by Kay Dick

“I enjoyed the tone of this one a lot. It’s so vague but has such insidious moments.” Read my full review for They by Kay Dick...

Posted on May 6, 2022May 6, 2022

Book review: The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

“For a book about a spreading plague, it feels pretty fitting that I ended up reading this in a feverish frenzy...” Read my full review for The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave…

Posted on April 6, 2022April 6, 2022

Book review: The Colony by Audrey Magee @FaberBooks

“This book was simply perfect. A slow-building drama that looks at language, art, colonialism, tradition, and the legacy of violence.” Read my review for the absolutely incredible book, The Colony by Audrey Magee…

Posted on March 3, 2022February 18, 2022

Mini book reviews: Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz and The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura

Read my mini reviews for Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh, Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz and The Woman in the Purple Skirt by Natsuko Imamura. Two translated fictions and a bleak character study!

Posted on March 2, 2022February 18, 2022

Book review: And Away… by Bob Mortimer

"This was such a funny, heart-warming and surprisingly touching autobiography!" Read my review for And Away... by Bob Mortimer⁠...

Posted on March 1, 2022February 18, 2022

Book review: When No One is Watching Alyssa Cole

"Part thriller, part social commentary, and part romance, this one was a rollercoaster of a ride." Read my review for When No One is Watching Alyssa Cole...

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I’m Zuky, from the UK, and 25 years old. I love dark, unsettling, and weird fiction.

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