Book Reviews
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VOX MACHINA ORIGINS Vol 1 (Graphic Novel Review)
The Good: Art, story, characters, all of it gets 5 stars from me. I might be a little biased as a fan of the show (Critical ... -
THE GIRL AND THE STARS by Mark Lawrence (Book Review)
And so I finish 2019 as I started it: with a review of a Mark Lawrence ARC, my fifth of the year and my 50th book ... -
THE NINTH RAIN by Jen Williams (Book Review)
‘Noon felt her heart begin to beat faster in her chest. The ancient city of Ebora, for centuries largely forbidden to humans, was now passing beneath ... -
The Mystery of Speculative Fiction: THE HEALER and THE CITY AND THE CITY
Murder mysteries and speculative fiction are two very different genres. But what would happen if Hercule Poirot had an excursion into Twilight, or Detective Inspector Rebus ... -
THE WORD FOR WORLD IS FOREST by Ursula K. Le Guin (Book Review)
This is the latest “SF Masterwork” that I picked off a Waterstones shelf as part of my occasional self-education in the classis of speculative fiction. The ... -
THE CALL by Peadar O’Guilin (Book Review)
At a convention recently, I heard O’Guilin explain how he didn’t realise he was writing Young Adult fiction when he started as an author; that this ... -
SOLACE LOST by Michael Sliter (Book Review)
‘Each man seemed lost in their own thoughts. Perhaps they thought of the battle in the morning, or perhaps the mystery of the compound. Or, maybe ... -
FATE OF THE FALLEN by Kel Kade (Book Review)
Fate of the Fallen by Kel Kade is the first instalment in the Shroud of Prophecy series. Initially, it was the cover of this book that ... -
The Stephen King Project – The Eyes of the Dragon (1984)
About the project I will be reading all of Stephen King’s books in order of publication (with the exception of The Dark Tower series which I ... -
The Stephen King Project – Pet Sematary (1983)
About the project I will be reading all of Stephen King’s books in order of publication (with the exception of The Dark Tower series which I ...