Book Review: The Secret History
January 1, 2024
This book will make you drop everything! From its shocking first page to the very last word, this thriller is filled with mystery and murder.
This book will make you drop everything! From its shocking first page to the very last word, this thriller is filled with mystery and murder.
The writing is sharp, searing and sometimes bleak, but it’s all wrapped up in rich imagery that makes reading it so thoroughly irresistible.
A complex novel tracing a century of Vietnamese history, laden with elements of horror, folklore, family legacy, love and hate.
The Idiot is one of my favourite books and Batuman is quite possibly my favourite contemporary author. I will read anything she puts out!
It will make you laugh and cry because it’s zany, delightful, heartfelt and full of truth. One of my favourites that I return to.
An inquisitive, captivating and confronting story about grasping onto the past without embracing the inevitable future.
Gorgeous and brutal, deeply romantic and harrowing in the same breath, this book gripped me from the beginning
You could easily spend three lifetimes exploring the layers of meaning in Second Place, and to be honest, I’d quite like to!
You won’t regret reading the original Sally Rooney. A modern classic that’s still completely relevant!
The choice to use a magical and illusionary tale to represent the anguish of chronic pain and womanhood was absolutely genius…
You can’t help but cheer on the brilliant Elizabeth Zott with her logical and inquisitive scientific mind…
Every so often, I find novels that don’t demand reading. Instead, I can simply let the magic wash over me – this was one such novel.
A quick read though not lacking emotional depth, The Swimmers is abstract, hard-hitting and creatively depicts the realities of being human
By all means, this is not an easy read, but it is an important one. I won’t be forgetting this story anytime soon.
There’s courtroom drama, mystery, family saga and coming-of-age discoveries in these pages, woven together across timelines with skill…
So Late in the Day reads as reverential and unhurried, yet so much is packed into this economical prose…
If you’re in need of a light, fun read and enjoy a nice amount of plot with your romance then this is the one!
Intimate, devastating and clever yet not overly complicated, Homesick is a brilliant exploration of life, love and loss.
This is a beautiful and poetic little novella based on the author’s real-life experience in a psychiatric hospital.
Reflections on correction and humanity come together beautifully in this impressionist portrait of a novel!