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Review Archive
Here you can find all of our past book reviews.


Review of The Nude by C. Michelle Lindley
The Nude is definitely one to suggest for your next buddy read / book club...
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Review of Above Us the Sea by Ania Card
This unlikely trio are rocked by an indescribable tragedy, forming the basis for Card’s story which explores themes of sexuality, love, loss
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Review of Only Here, Only Now by Tom Newlands
Tom Newlands is an incredible new voice in Scottish literature...
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Review of Spoilt Creatures by Amy Twigg
a coming-of-age novel entwined around female rage, sisterhood and obsession
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Review of Gender Theory by Madeline Docherty
this dizzying, dazzling debut explores what it’s like being a young woman finding herself through her sexuality, body and friendships
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Review of Evenings and Weekends by Oisín McKenna
A sweltering weekend in London. A whale is stuck in the Thames. Time is running out for pregnant Maggie to tell her best friend Phil that...
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Review of Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald
Banjo and Finlay haven’t seen each other in three years. Banjo is in another foster placement and despite getting into a fight on his...
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Review of The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
The Coast Road is set in County Donegal in 1994 and follows the lives of two women, Colette Crowley and Izzy Keaveney. On the surface...
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Review of Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang
Within these walls exist a force that allows the hidden parts of people to be seen’ I absolutely devoured Cinema Love by Jiaming Tang and...
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Review of Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
Set on a fictional island off the coast of Wales we follow Manod, a young woman who is considering her future and how she wishes to shape...
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Review of The Amendments by Niamh Mulvey
Three generations of Irish women all have their own past when it comes to their relationship with faith, freedom and the changing...
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Review of The Borrowed Hills by Scott Preston
The Borrowed Hills is one of John Murrays’ leading 2024 titles and I can absolutely see why - the writing is exceptional, visceral,...
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Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The idea of this book is so utterly fantastic I was sold in the first ten pages! Odile Ozanne lives in the valley of the Chemin des Pins....
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Review of Dancing in the Shallows by Clare Reddaway
I devoured this book in a single sitting! Centred around Isla Wintergreen who suddenly moves to the Isle of Skye following the death of...
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Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
This is probably my favourite debut so far this year! In this powerful novel we follow Cyrus Shams, a man trying to make sense of life...
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Review of The Lodgers by Holly Pester
What a strange and quirky piece of literary fiction. A woman with a particularly perceptive intellect moves into a flat opposite her...
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Review of Ours by Phillip B. Williams
Spanning decades from the 1800s to as far as the late 1900s, Ours tells the story of the antebellum US from a different standpoint. At...
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Review of Pity by Andrew McMillan
Set in Barnsley, Pity tells the story of three generations of men and their relationship with the history of where they were born. We...
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Review of The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
Set in Malaya during the Second World War, this novel follows the destruction and ruin of the country, narrating the atrocities of child...
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Review of The House of Broken Bricks by Fiona Williams
The House of Broken Bricks is Faber’s leading 2024 debut, exploring the complexity of grief, identity, and internal family dynamics....
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