Book Blogger
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FLESH by David Szalay – Book Review: We Need to Talk About István
THE MILDEST OF SPOILERS! “There’s something terrible about the way normality asserts itself. About the way that summer insists on happening. About the way the chestnuts blossom and Wimbledon takes place.” I have to admit Flesh wasn’t on my radar at all until it was shortlisted and later won The Booker Prize (i.e. The Oscars…
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The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda – Book Review: A Strange and an Almost, Masterful ‘Whydunit’
SPOILER FREE! “Non-fiction? I’m not keen on the word. No matter how much a writer tries to adhere to the truth, the notion of non-fiction is an illusion. All that can exist is fiction visible to the eye.”… SYNOPSIS: On a stormy summer day, the Aosawa’s, owners of a prominent local hospital, host a large birthday…
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment: Book Review – Does the Punishment Fit the Crime??
Mild Spoilers Ahead! Where Do I Begin… Let me start with the Synopsis: Crime and Punishment follows a character called Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, a poor, depressed ex-university student who decides he wants to commit a murder. The rest of the novel explores the consequences of his actions. I wanted to read this book because I hadn’t…
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The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla: Book Review
I’m not the biggest reader of non-fiction. I take forever to get through them and it’s hard for me to find a particular topic or person that I genuinely find interesting – i’m more of an essay or article reader when it comes to that. But seeing as I made it a goal of mine…
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Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood: Book Review
SPOILER FREE! Oryx & Crake is easily one of the most imaginative and fascinating books I’ve read; however, despite its brilliance, I didn’t enjoy it – and honestly, I don’t think you’re supposed to. The only prioir knowlege i had about this book was that it was written by the same author who’d written The…
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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry By Rachel Joyce: Book Review
SPOILER – FREE! 👞 If somebody asks me to name a list of my favourite books, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry will now be a book that I name. SYNOPSIS: The story follows Harold Fry, a recently retired man who lives in a small English village with his wife Maureen. One morning he receives a letter…
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Stephen King’s, The Shining: Book Review
SPOILER – FREE! “Wendy? Darling? Light, of my life. I’m not gonna hurt ya. I’m just going to bash your brains in.” … You’re going to need a cup of tea for this one! SYNOPSIS: Danny is only five years old but in the words of old Hallorann he is a ‘Shiner’, aglow with psychic…
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An Unbearable Journey! ..The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien: Book Review
Spoilers ahead, featuring a few unavoidable grievances about the film adaptations. I first attempted reading The Hobbit around 7 or 8 years ago but never really got into it. I then gave it a second go shortly before the release of the first Hobbit film (I still don’t understand why a 364 page book was…
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