Book Review: Daisy Jones & the Six
July 17, 2023
Taylor Jenkins Reid writes about love and hate and everything in-between, I never wanted to put it down…
Taylor Jenkins Reid writes about love and hate and everything in-between, I never wanted to put it down…
This novel is a window into the life of a tertiary-educated, multi-cultural, queer twenty-something in urban New Zealand.
This thrilling tale based on historical events will delight fans of O’Farrell’s work. If you are yet to read her, please start today.
This chic collection is full of charm and laughter. A definite read if you’re into strange and sensual things going down in Wellington!
Tom Kettle is a highly unreliable but utterly loveable narrator, who I desperately wish I could hug and keep safe.
This is a sharp and lovely romance set in the behind-the-scenes world of a popular, long-running late-night American sketch comedy TV show…
This book showcases just how complicated love, hate and mental health can truly be, as it follows the complicated relationship between twins.
This book is perfect for fans of classical science fiction. Truly reminiscent of Frankenstein in both tone and story.
Told through the eyes of the all-round delightful Tama the magpie, this book soars from the first page to the last.
The Deck is an intriguing hybrid of fiction and nonfiction with a uniquely Kiwi perspective that I couldn’t put down…
The New Life explores the changing (and not changing) attitudes towards sexuality and free speech in late 1800’s Britain.
the relentless pace of the story made this a charming and fiercely compelling read, full of heart. Meaty and riveting fiction.
Breathtaking and confounding in scope, this novel combines science fiction and history with meditations on memory, belonging and grief.
Lucy and William have a gorgeously complex relationship as they continue to delight, infuriate, console and disappoint each other.
Full of the horrors of late-stage capitalism, Birnam Wood also manages to be bitingly funny – especially in part one.
Wandering Souls reminded me that the world is cruel but the beautiful is beautiful: it broke my heart but also left it hopeful.
When socialite Piper gets sent to her father’s little fishing town on a quest to humble herself, she meets widowed fisherman Brandon.
This brilliant debut novel drew me in from the very first pages and made me feel as if the whole world was at my fingertips!
Porter’s unique style is perfect for this story. His experimental, rhythmic prose is unbridled, vulgar and wild.
This is a brilliant novel that follows three generations of women; dysfunctional and problematic, but full of life and love!