Book Review: Gliff
There is darkness in this story, but it’s leavened by Smith’s ever-playful storytelling, and her characters’ capacity for resistance & hope.
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Book Review: The Searchers
The Searchers is ultimately an uplifting read in its portrait of what drives humans to pursue something greater than themselves.
Book Review: The No-Show
It sounded amusing, and chaotic and while it definitely delivered on those assumptions, it also had moments worthy of a sad song.
Book Review: Flowers in the Attic
I read this book out of the morbid curiosity and was violently pulled into the tragic tale of the Dollanganger siblings.
Book Review: The Dim Sum Palace
At the center of the story is Liddy, a plucky and unshakeable heroine whose facial expressions alone make every turn of the page rewarding.
Book Review: The Resurrectionist
A Gothic horror in the footsteps of Mary Shelley and Robert Louis Stevenson, this book creeps under your skin and lingers there for days.
Book Review: The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest
This cosy, moving tale of self-acceptance was totally charming. I loved the main character Clare and his all-too-relatable self-doubts.
Book Review: Gachiakuta
Urana’s excellent art brings this dynamic world to life. The character designs are insanely cool, with drapey clothes and bizarre weapons.
Book Review: Frankenstein
In Frankenstein, lyrical and psychological prose combines with a cultivated atmosphere of Gothic tragedy to bring Shelley’s narrative to life.
Book Review: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson’s characters are all people you would know in your daily life, they are so realistic and perfectly endearing.
Book Review: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
A warm, thoroughly enjoyable adventure through space. If you’re looking for feel-good sci-fi, look no further than the Becky Chambers!
Book Review: Our Bloc: How We Win
Not one for pie-in-the sky dissertations, he excels not only at identifying pressure points, but also what we can do to mobilise public sentiment.
Book Review: Maggie: Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar
Katie Yee describes the calamitous events in one woman’s life with a light touch, but her beautifully crafted prose is full of power.
Book Review: Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden
This is a delightful storybook that gives strong “Little Shop of Horrors” vibes, blending whimsical charm with a hint of mystery.
Book Review: Insomniacs After School
With soft and dreamy art, stark blacks and gentle shading, the night comes alive as our leading duo explore their town by starlight.
Book Review: Raising Hare
I must admit to being skeptical in the beginning but Dalton’s prose is crisp, taut and had me absolutely in her thrall.
Book Review: Manuali’i
The author weaves together ancestral Samoan knowledge and his own lived experience, strengthening the tether between the two.
Book Review: Red Rising
Brown has created not only a very entertaining story, but a solar system of people and technology that was captivating to learn about.
Book Review: Watership Down
A love of the natural world (Watership Down is a real place) enables Adams the storyteller to deeply inhabit the lives of his characters.
Book Review: Wyatt
This was my first cowboy romance and it won’t be the last! It’s a delightful childhood friends-to-lovers story.