Tag: featured
Traditional publishing
Island of Secrets by Patricia Wilson I can’t help feeling aggrieved when I read books like this. This person has the privilege of an editor and publishing house willing to publish her book, yet it i... Read More
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
I remember this being a shocking book, but I had forgotten how shocking it was until I started to re-read it. Like 1984, Gilead is a totalitarian state and it would be easy to dismiss it as patriarcha... Read More
Do you have to like the main character to enjoy the book?
Lie to Me by Sabina Durrant Personally, as long as the character is not beyond redemption then it will not prevent me enjoying the book. A character who provokes different emotions in the reade... Read More
Complex Characters
While My Eyes Were Closed by Linda Green Readers who enjoyed Gone Girl will love this book. A slow psychological thriller about what happens when a child goes missing. It is frightening to think how e... Read More
Psychology & Sci-fi – Enders Game
This feels like the Karate Kid in space. The reader watches as Ender learns warfare and strategy in Battle School and then how he applies this in Command School. We also see Enders fears about becomin... Read More
A Spool of Blue Thread – non linear structure
This is a story of one family the Whitshanks. Red and Abbey have four children – Denny, Amanda, Jeanine and Stem (Douglas). Our first introduction to Denny is when he rings his father to tell him he... Read More
Allegiant – shades of Huxley’s Island
This book is different to the other two, although it keeps the traditional first person narrative of a YA novel. We have both Tris and Tobias’s point of view, alternating between the chapters. It ca... Read More