Book Review: The Swimmers
December 5, 2023
A quick read though not lacking emotional depth, The Swimmers is abstract, hard-hitting and creatively depicts the realities of being human
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!
If you love the ‘Sad Literary Woman’ genre, this deeply character-driven novel will absorb you with its whimsical and lucid tone.
Happy may be beaten, drugged and beset by all manner of predatory scum but he still finds time to talk to his plants.
It was lyrical and beautiful, so sensitively written, and confronted necessary topics including the complications of grief and guilt…
This is historical fiction with a fresh, funny energy, brimming with ideas about class, race and gender that are made to feel up-to-date
It’s one girl’s journey to find her birth mother and the realisation that mothers – and family – can be found in the most unexpected places.
It’s an easy read but full of pathos and memorable moments. This is a book to be passed from woman to woman.
Richly detailed and action-packed, this novel feels both deeply personal and hugely expansive all at once.
Every page is laden with rich, sometimes grotesque, delicious language, but the story still barrels forward at pace…
Beautiful and hopeful and sad yet strangely comforting, ‘Cherry Beach’ is a quick but intense read about friendship, love, and death.
1984 follows Winston’s struggle against the oppressive regime of Ingsoc and the imposing figurehead of Big Brother
Read this delightful debut if you need a good chuckle! It’s a fast but deceptively clever, well-crafted read.
These charming, funny, sometimes unhinged characters are beautifully captured, and the heavy themes are present and fully explored…