Book Review: Hine Toa
November 28, 2024
The writing is so courageously honest while sneakily feeding you an NZ history lesson through a series of intimate experiences.
The writing is so courageously honest while sneakily feeding you an NZ history lesson through a series of intimate experiences.
This was a luminous read – descriptions of the natural world, history, and character’s inner voices are related with sensitivity and vivacity.
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When she reflects on the good in life, it is hard not to smile, and small rich joyful sentences peek out unexpectedly all through the book.
Fragmented, poetic and experimental – the kind of book you’ll want to pore over multiple times to sink back into.
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It has a refined design with great photographs, with exposed beams and interesting combinations of textures and materials.
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Sections of the book are punctuated by poems and photographs, one of which confirms that, yes, in 1969 Professor Ricketts was very cool.
This collection is vulnerable and precise, travelling through and between the streets of Christchurch like a supercut of sweet memories.
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Billed as a memoir but reads easily as a collection of essays on lived experiences, I thoroughly enjoyed this book.
Wallace’s ingenious use of metaphor is poetic and powerful, as is the roar and the restraint in these pages.
Brimming with sci-fi goodness, it’s a novel positively packed with interesting ideas and thought provoking characters
These poems lead with an open heart, pleading with surrender and screaming for justice and anyone who is watching can feel Avia’s frustration.
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