Until a few years ago, I was only familiar with Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘greatest hits’, but then I acquired a…
The Last Man is beautifully written, poetic and dramatic. It’s also one of the grimmest and most depressing books I’ve…
After being very impressed by Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You, I had high expectations of Little…
This is a very emotionally intense novel. It’s packaged as a psychological thriller but it’s more like a dissection of…
A fantastically creepy thriller, Harrow Lake is fast-paced and tense. It’s definitely a page-turner. It’s intended for a YA audience…
First published in 1944, this charming and unusual novel brought a little romance to the British reading public during the…
If I could describe this book in one word, it would be ‘delightful’. Gently humorous and charming, it has a…
Having enjoyed Beth O’Leary’s debut novel, The Flatshare, I was expecting to like The Switch just as much. However, although…
My expectations of this book were too high. I hadn’t read any of Ruth Ware’s other books but I know…
Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief is a very good read. The film, however, is weird and tries too hard to…