Tag: Book Reviews
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THE LAST DAYS OF HONG KONG by G. D. Penman (BOOK REVIEW)
I’VE JUST WORKED OUT THE TITLE. That’s so damn clever… The title obviously, not me. Damn I hope you gave yourself a proper pat on the ... -
THESE ALIEN SKIES by C.T. Rwizi (BOOK REVIEW)
This is a delightful little story – a mere 25 pages long in its Amazon listing, yet with themes that could have easily born a longer ... -
THE WISDOM OF CROWDS by Joe Abercrombie (BOOK REVIEW)
Please note this review will contain spoilers for A Little Hatred and The Trouble with Peace, but it is spoiler free for The Wisdom of Crowds. ... -
THE PASSION ACCORDING TO G.H. by Clarice Lispector, translated by Idra Novey (BOOK REVIEW)
“Give me your unknown hand, since life is hurting me, and I don’t know how to speak – reality is too delicate, only reality is delicate, ... -
THE ALL-CONSUMING WORLD by Cassandra Khaw (BOOK REVIEW)
“But human society wasn’t built on rock and roll. No, it was cobbled from the commodified poor. When in doubt, the species creates itself something to ... -
PIRANESI by Susanna Clarke (BOOK REVIEW)
Piranesi, by award winning author Susanna Clarke, is a novel which left me awed by its charm and beauty. I had heard much praise for her ... -
MRS CALIBAN by Rachel Ingalls (BOOK REVIEW)
“You know it’s wonderful to see another world. It’s entirely unlike anything that has ever come to your thoughts. And everything in it fits. You couldn’t ... -
CRUISING THE COSMERE: The Final Empire (BOOK REVIEW)
I’m back with my Cruising the Cosmere feature! Now that I’ve completed all the published Stormlight Archives novels until Brandon Sanderson releases book five, I’m moving ... -
THE HIGH HOUSE by Jessie Greengrass – THE UNSEEN ACADEMIC
This is an occasional series of posts drawing on my excursion into the academic side of creative writing, as I pursue a PhD project at Queen’s ... -
A MAN LIES DREAMING & THE LUNACY COMMISSION by Lavie Tidhar (BOOK REVIEWS)
“But there you are wrong, for this is no longer the world you knew, the world any of us knew. That world is dead, everything is ...
