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Month: March 2018

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
March 29, 2018

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

Reviewed by Harriet I forget everything between footsteps. ‘Anna!’ I finish shouting, snapping my mouth shut in surprise. My mind has gone blank. I…

Dance of the jacaranda
March 27, 2018

Dance of the Jakaranda by Peter Kimani

Review by Terence Jagger This is a tricky book to read, though I enjoyed much of it.  It is funny and observant, but painful…

almost love oneill
March 27, 2018

Almost Love by Louise O’Neill

Reviewed by Annabel After the searing, taboo-breaking storyline of O’Neil’s second novel, Asking For It (reviewed here), a young adult story about consent, teenage…

Ghosts of the Tsunami Richard Lloyd Parry
March 22, 2018

Ghosts of the Tsunami Richard Lloyd Parry

Review by Terence Jagger Japan suffers multitudes of earthquakes every year and is among the best prepared countries in the world.  Tsunami, too, are…

The Earlie King & the Kid in Yellow by Danny Denton
March 22, 2018

The Earlie King & the Kid in Yellow by Danny Denton

Reviewed by Basil Ransome-Davies At the close of James Joyce’s moving and magisterial story ‘The Dead’ the reader learns that ‘snow was general all…

Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
March 20, 2018

Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes by Diane Atkinson

Review by Liz Dexter This is a huge book in many senses of the word.  It’s physically impressive enough to have arrived in a…

sunburn laura lippman
March 20, 2018

Sunburn by Laura Lippman

Reviewed by Harriet We’ve reviewed two of Laura Lippman’s novels in Shiny, here and here. One was a police procedural and the other a…

Bookworm lucy mangan
March 15, 2018

Bookworm: A Memoir of Childhood Reading by Lucy Mangan

Review by Liz Dexter This is a truly delightful book which is a MUST if you’re a 35-55 year old British person and a…

March 13, 2018

The Good Mothers by Alex Perry

Review by Max Dunbar Operation Shame Nowadays, when we think of the mafia, it’s with a sense of nostalgia. David Chase captured the feel…

March 13, 2018

The Extremist by Nadia Dalbuono

Review by Marina Sofia You might be forgiven for expecting this book set in Italy to be translated from Italian, given the Italian sounding…

Daphne by Will Boast
March 6, 2018

Daphne by Will Boast

Reviewed by Annabel The vogue for using ancient myth to inspire contemporary novels continues unabated. Last year, Kamila Shamsie updated the story of Antigone…

Elizabeths Lists
March 1, 2018

Elisabeth’s Lists: A Family Story by Lulah Ellender

Reviewed by Gill Davies Lulah Ellender’s book – subtitled “A Family Story” – is part biography, part family history, and it includes reflections on her own…

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