Tag: Literary fiction

A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review

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Title: A Very Nice Girl Author: Imogen Crimp Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Anna is struggling to afford life in London as she trains to be a singer. During the day, she vies to succeed against her course mates with their discreet but inexhaustible streams of cultural … Continue reading A Very Nice Girl by Imogen Crimp – Book Review

Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review

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Title: Devotion Author: Hannah Kent Genre: Literary/Historical Fiction Publisher: Picador Publication Date: 3rd February 2022 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: 1836, Prussia. Hanne is nearly fifteen and the domestic world of womanhood is quickly closing in on her. A child of nature, she yearns instead for the rush of the river, the wind dancing around her. Hanne … Continue reading Devotion by Hannah Kent – Book Review

Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review

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Title: Darke Matter Author: Rick Gekoski Genre: Fiction Publisher: Constable Publication Date: 14th May 2020 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: James Darke is dreading the first family Christmas without his wife Suzy. Engulfed by grief, his grudging preparations are interrupted by a persistent knock at the door. Questions about the circumstances of his wife's death force … Continue reading Darke Matter by Rick Gekoski – Blog Tour Review

How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones – Book Review

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Title: How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House Author: Cherie Jones Genre: Fiction, Literary Fiction Publisher: Tinder Press Publication Date: 21st January 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: In Baxter's Beach, Barbados, Lala's grandmother Wilma tells the story of the one-armed sister, a cautionary tale about what happens to girls who disobey their mothers. For Wilma, … Continue reading How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones – Book Review

The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. – Book Review

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Title: The Prophets Author: Robert Jones Jr. Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Riverrun, Quercus Publication Date: 5th January 2021 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: The Halifax plantation is known as Empty by the slaves who work it under the pitiless gaze of its overseers and its owner, Massa Paul. Two young enslaved men, Samuel and Isaiah dwell … Continue reading The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. – Book Review

Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review

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Title: Invitation to a Bonfire Author: Adrienne Celt Genre: Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Cover: Summary: from Amazon A seductive, sensual and sinister love triangle set in 1930s America and inspired by the infamous Nabokov marriage Zoya Andropova, a young Russian refugee, finds herself in an elite New Jersey boarding school. Having … Continue reading Invitation to a Bonfire by Adrienne Celt – Review

Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala

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Title: Speak Mo Evil Author: Uzodinma Iweala Genre: General Fiction Publisher: John Murray Summary: from publisher In the long-anticipated novel from the author of the critically acclaimed Beasts of No Nation, a revelation shared between two privileged teenagers from very different backgrounds sets off a chain of events with devastating consequences. On the surface, Niru … Continue reading Speak No Evil by Uzodinma Iweala