Fantasy and Science Fiction Book Reviews and Discussions
Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage. A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his
Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, for fifteen-year-old Christopher
I am old. That is the first thing to tell you. The thing you are least likely to believe. If you saw me you would probably think I was about forty, but you would be very wrong. Tom Hazard has a dangerous secret. He may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but owing to a rare
The story follows Okonkwo, an important member of a village in central Africa, as he goes about his daily life and during the beginning of Western colonialism. It is so refreshing to read a book set in Africa that does not portray the indigenous people as ‘savages’ or similar. Achebe himself was present during the
Amanda Craig has written an epic that explore the intricate boundaries of society and human interaction. The layered structure and multiple viewpoints coherently illustrates the story in such a beautiful way. I am a sucker for a bit of black comedy so the dialogue between characters and the depictions of their thoughts were humorous and
“Evoking a Britain of the early eighties, My Name is Leon is a heart-breaking story of love, identity and learning to overcome unbearable loss. Of the fierce bond between siblings. And how – just when we least expect it – we manage to find our way home.” My Review Rating: 4/5 When I read the
Meet thirtysomething dad, Alex He loves his wife Jody, but has forgotten how to show it. He loves his son Sam, but doesn’t understand him. Something has to change. And he needs to start with himself. Meet eight-year-old Sam Beautiful, surprising, autistic. To him the world is a puzzle he can’t solve on his own.
‘Sweetbitter’ is an enthralling novel about a year in the life of a wonderfully individual young woman living in New York. Twenty-two year old, Tess manages to land a job as a “backwaiter” at a Manhattan restaurant. As we are taken through her chaotic but marvellous life she has chosen, we see how her education on wines, drugs
A five-year-old boy (Jack) and his mother are trapped; one room with the bare essentials. After he turns five, his mother tells him that there is a world outside Room, like the world he sees on TV but he struggles to cope with this new knowledge after believing that they had been their own planet
Themes of light-hearted humour contrast with the more depressing and thought-provoking in this modern coming of age novel. The book begins at the end of Holden’s school life and extends to his few days he spends ‘bumming around’ in New York. he meets many people, like taxi drivers, nuns and a prostitute, but none have time to
The novel follows a young boy and his father travelling across the ash-coated land of America in an attempt to find salvation and new hope for a better future. Along their journey they encounter cannibals, blind old men and human’s being kept as food in a basement. These gruesome scenes are so shocking they will