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Book reviews 📚
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items Here's a list of all the books I'm reading and reviewing! Hopefully you find some new faves here 🫶
Sections
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Historical Fiction 📜
Literary Fiction 📖
Cozy Fantasy ✨
Horror 👻
Dystopian Fiction ⏳
Crime 🔍
Historical Fiction 📜
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I wasn't familiar with the story of Huckleberry Finn before wanting to pick up James so I wasn't sure what to expect. I ended up reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn first which I didn't particularly enjoy. As much as it is presented as a...
James by Percival Everett | Waterstones
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My thoughts on this novel are mixed. I thought the story was moving and overall worth reading about, however the writing style didn't work for me.
The characters were endearing and the story compelling. It's an exploration of grief and self-...
Nova Scotia House by Charlie Porter | Waterstones
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
I was wonderfully surprised by this gem of a novel. The title led me to believe that it would be a mystery book but this aspect of the story was actually more in the background. It's actually a brilliantely written character-driven novel.
I...
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey | Waterstones
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What a beautifully crafted novel!
Set in the 1920s in a secluded house in Provence, we follow three complex characters living under the same roof. Joseph, the English journalist who travelled a long way to be the first one to get an intervie...
The Artist | Waterstones
Literary Fiction 📖
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I thought it was a very touching novel. Bo is a lovable character and reading the story from his point of view made it even more real. I felt all of his emotions with him which gave me the opportunity to relate strongly to a character with who...
When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzen | Waterstones
⭐⭐⭐⭐.5
This novel perfectly captures the kind of love that transforms your life. The one you won't forget and probably never completely heal from.
It portrays how easy it is to get involved in a messy relationship and how hard it is leave it no ma...
Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams | Waterstones
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I didn't know much about this novel, only that the blurb really intrigued me. I ended up listening to the audiobook as I didn't have a lot of time and I highly recommend it!
It's written in the second person which is quite rare but made it so...
Life Hacks For a Little Alien by Alice Franklin | Waterstones
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This beautiful novel will grip you right from the start and you won't be able to put it down. It's a story about parental love as well as forbidden love.
It depicts how prejudices and societal expectations can destroy families, how decisions...
A Family Matter by Claire Lynch | Waterstones
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Open, Heaven by Sean Hewitt | Waterstones
Cozy Fantasy ✨
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Rewitched follows Belle, an almost-thirty years old witch who lives in the non-wichee world. She doesn't use her magic much, having settled in a comfortable life in a flat she shares with her non-wicche best friend Ariadne and her familiar cat ...
Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood | Waterstones
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This prequel follows Viv, the orc barbarian, 20 years prior to the events of Legends & Lattes. As she is wounded during a mission, her crew leaves her to recover in the small town of Murk for a few weeks. While she is there, she makes the ac...
Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree | Waterstones
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As someone who doesn't usually read a lot of fantasy, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel.
It follows Viv, an orc barbarian, who decides to settle down and open a coffee shop in a town where no one knows what coffee is.
It was the perfect cozy re...
Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree | Waterstones
Horror 👻
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This sequel to the Watchers is set not long after Mina has escaped the coop and the watchers. She has escaped to a cottage in what she thinks is a safe place where no one can reach her. Unfortunately, she will soon be proven otherwise. She is t...
Stay in the Light by A.M. Shine | Waterstones
Dystopian Fiction ⏳
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Private Rites is set in an apocalyptic world where it always rains but people are still expected to go on with their day-to-day lives. It follows three sisters who are grieving their estranged father while they try to make sense of their person...
Private Rites by Julia Armfield | Waterstones
Crime 🔍
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I quite enjoyed this novel! I'm a big fan of The Silent Patient but didn't like The Maidens much so I wasn't sure what to expect from this one. I'm glad I wasn't disappointed.
The Fury seems like a classic locked room murder mystery, it follow...
The Fury by Alex Michaelides | Waterstones
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Murder on a School Night was such a fun read!
It's a gripping murder mystery perfect for young adults. It made me laugh out loud whilst still trying to figure out who the murderer was. I didn't uncover the mystery though and was quite surprise...
Murder on a School Night by Kate Weston | Waterstones