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Review: Wolfe Island, by Lucy Treloar

August 27, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Wolfe Island by Lucy Treloar

And yet, the book ended. I feel so sad that it’s gone. God, it was beautiful. You absolutely must read it. Lucy Treloar’s Wolfe Island is the dystopian novel you read when you don’t want to read a dystopian novel. It’s a gorgeously written story of a reclusive artist who tries to stay out of […]

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Review: The Choke, by Sofie Laguna

August 17, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Choke by Sofie Laguna

I’m working my way through my lovely box of library books while in Melbourne lockdown and finally got around to reading this much-raved-about book. I couldn’t put The Choke down, even though the subject matter is devastating and confronting. Sofie Laguna’s simple writing style evokes simple, yet complex, lives and beautiful Australian landscapes. The theme […]

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Review: A Lifetime of Impossible Days, by Tabitha Bird

August 10, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

A Lifetime of Impossible Days by Tabitha Bird

“Wow. Just wow.” These were my first thoughts on reading the final page of Tabitha Bird’s incredible novel. A Lifetime of Impossible Days is, at its core, a heartbreaking love letter to therapy after childhood trauma. I adored the writing, I miss the characters already and I wholeheartedly endorse the argument that you can’t change […]

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Review: The Old Lie, by Claire G. Coleman

January 9, 2020 by Rebecca Bowyer 5 Comments

The Old Lie by Claire G. Coleman

The Old Lie, by Claire G. Coleman is one of those brilliant but infuriating novels that you really want to tell other people to read, but is really hard to describe properly without including at least a couple of almost-spoilers. I can tell you that it’s a wonderfully imaginative, dark novel set in the future (mostly in […]

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Review: The End of Time, by Gavin Extence

July 28, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The End of Time, by Gavin Extence (sq)

The End of Time is a fabulous modern story about the differences and similarities between people of all races and religions. Told in first person with empathy and humour, it centres on on the story of two teenage Syrian brothers trying to reach the U.K. where they hope to leave the war behind them and […]

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Review: The Paper Wasp, by Lauren Acampora

June 23, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora

This a truly strange book that I somehow couldn’t put down. A very dark story, it’s the antithesis of Hollywood though it’s set in L.A. Reading The Paper Wasp was a little like watching film noir. You don’t really understand what it’s about and you arrive at the end none the wiser but somehow you […]

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