5/5 One of the most poignant novels I've read this year, investing the reader into the balanced love and aguish surrounding death and...

4.5/5 Different to anything I've read before, touches on the cosmetic surgery epidemic in South Korea and the battles of class in their...

4/5 A novel that sits in the darkness of our protagonist's mind, as she battles disordered eating, body image and sexual identity....

5/5 A delectable, contemporary fiction that elicits the full effect of our literary classics with a brilliantly sardonic, feminist modern...

5/5 Man Booker Longlist 2020 "Apeirogon: a shape with a countably infinite number of sides" A meticulous, objective and omnipresent lens...

4/5 A cynical, sardonic debut novel about Irish 22yr old Ava who moves to Hong Kong to become a poorly-paid teacher and grapples with...

3.9/5 Let's first address the utter brilliance of Pham's talent - to publish something of this calibre at the age of 19 is frankly...

4/5 Three words: Political, classism, quick-read This one got 4/5 from me for it's original take on the current shambles that is the...

4/5 Three words: Race, class, family In a fantastic, sharp narrative unpacking the modern day phenomena of "passing" (ie being perceived...

5/5 Three words: Slavery, race, class This may be the most profound piece of fiction I've come across addressing the history of African...

For a few people asking me what to order in their COVID19 isolation book haul, I thought it would be easier for me to store a list of...

5/5 Ann Patchett, you make your ways into my dreams so that I continue to wake up demanding more and more of your books. It took all I...

4/5 Novels with the courage to address taboo or crises topics that remain current, developing and actively traumatic, that keep you...

4/5 ~ Light hearted, easy read, book club ~ A compelling dichotomy depicted through frivolous, informal prose to outline the densely...

4.5/5 ~ Dark humour, female desire, existential themes ~ An exploration of the female appetite and the invigorating power of female...

3.8/5 Granted, I certainly lack the physical experience to make any huge claims regarding the true relatability to the severe and morbid...

5/5 Pivoting around frivolous middle-aged Olive Kitteridge, Strout's collection of inter-twining character developments will leave you...

5/5 Primarily an account of present day, in the aftermath of losing a member of an utterly close knit friendship of four, we are...

4/5 A magnificent coming of age nature vs. nurture narrative through the lives of two neighbouring homes, of the Gleeson and Stanhope...

4/5 Drugs, sex and money - except our chauffeurs are two middle-aged men from a small Irish town, trapped in nostalgia A terribly dark...