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Review: The Book of Dreams, by Nina George

May 8, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Book of Dreams by Nina George

Nina George’s incredible new novel, The Book of Dreams, is about the dream world that exists between life and death. 13-year-old Sam sees the world in colours and can sense things most others can’t. He meets his father, Henri, for the first time in hospital. Henri is in a deep coma after being struck by a […]

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Review: The Wall, by John Lanchester

February 4, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Wall, by John Lanchester

In The Wall, John Lanchester has channelled modern society’s xenophobia and failure to act on climate change into a massive concrete structure surrounding a very different England. In the United Kingdom of the future, Brexit is the least of their worries. To keep out the rest of the world – ‘the Others’ – and the […]

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Review: Psychotopia, by R.N. Morris

January 29, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Psychotopia, by RN Morris

Psychotopia is a modern literary journey down through the seven circles of Hell which left me feeling utterly drained. R.N. Morris has plucked out two of society’s current anxieties (the rise of psychopaths, especially in positions of power, and the influence of online gaming on the shape of our society), combined them with new scientific […]

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Review: North, by Frank Owen

January 9, 2019 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

North, by Frank Owen

I was intrigued by the cover claim on North – that it’s a post-apocalyptic game changer. That’s a pretty big call in this genre. Not a lot changes, really. There’s an apocalypse, and then people have to survive afterwards. Normally there are the ‘good’ people who try to survive while keeping their humanity intact. Then […]

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Review: Book of Colours, by Robyn Cadwallader

December 22, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

Book of Colours Robyn Cadwallader

To me, Book of Colours is a novel about art and artists. The process of creating art, what goes on in the head of an artisan, and how do they reconcile artistic independence with the need to eat and pay rent? Set in 1321 London in a small illustrators’ workshop in Paternoster Row, three people […]

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Review: The Absolved, by Matthew Binder

December 9, 2018 by Rebecca Bowyer Leave a Comment

The Absolved by Matthew Binder

In 2036 automation has made most jobs redundant. Henri is a cancer physician and one of the few left who have a job. Most people are paid not to work. They are ‘The Absolved’. Sounds pretty good in theory, right? This is the ‘universal basic income’ argument – it’s fine to automate more and more […]

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