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 […]
literary fiction
Review: 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 […]
Review: 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 […]
Review: 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 […]
Review: The End of Time, by Gavin Extence
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 […]
Review: 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 […]
