Category: Book Review: Fiction

• An American Marriage

  “Much of life is timing and circumstance, I see that now.”

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  25th May 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, Women's Literary Fiction, women's prize for fiction

• The Tall Owl: And Other Stories

  A collection of short stories about love, guilt, shame and the very notion of human existence.

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  15th May 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Anthology, Colum Sanson Regan, Short Stories, short story, short story athology, The Tall Owl

• Because of You

  Two women go into hospital expecting to leave with a child, but only one does – and it’s not theirs.

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  14th May 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Because of You, blog tour, Book review, Dawn French, Michael Joseph, Penguin, Women's Fiction, Women's Literary Fiction, Women's Popular Fiction, women's prize for fiction

• Girl

  Edna O’Brien’s fictional reimagining of the 276 Boko Haram girls who were abducted in Nigeria in 2014.

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  14th May 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Boko Haram, Edna O'Brien, Faber, Fiction, Girl

• Exciting Times

  “I thought that if I let anyone in, they’d find out what was broken about me. And then not only would they know, I’d know too.”

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  29th Apr 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Catherine Cho, contemporary fiction, Exciting Times, Inferno, Irish Literature, irish novelist, Jay Bernard, LGBTQ+, Marina Kemp, Naoise Dolan, Nightingale, Sean Hewitt, Sunday Times, Sunday Times University of Warwick Young Writers Award, Surge, Tongues of Fire, Young Writer Award

• Your Story, My Story

  “She wanted someone to test her strength against, she wanted to fight, and for that she sought out the biggest, strongest man she could find. Me.”

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  26th Mar 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Amazon, Amazon Crossing, Connie Palmen, Dutch Translation, Fiction, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Translated Fiction, Translation Fiction, Your Story My Story

• Acts of Desperation

  “When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”

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  9th Mar 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Acts of Desperation, Autofiction, books, debut, Disordered Eating, Fiction, Irish Literature, irish novelist, Megan Nolan, Mental Health, New novel, Realism, Toxic relationships

• Uncoupling

  Could a split train change someone’s life forever?

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  26th Feb 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  France, French English Books, Lorraine Brown, love story, Orion Publishing, Paris, poolside reads, romance, romcom, Uncoupling

• Kololo Hill

  “Who would remember them once they’d gone?”

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  25th Feb 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  africa, african literature, All Time Favourites, British Asian, Fiction, Historical Fiction, history, India, Kololo Hill, Neema Shah, Picador, politics, Uganda, Ugandan Asian

• Little

  “What casual monsters we are. What calamities we are capable of.”

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  1st Feb 2021

  Book Review: Fiction

  Edward Carey, French Revolution, Gallic Books, Historical Fiction, history, Little, Madame Tussaud, Marie Grosholtz, Versailles