Martin Amis’ London Fields
Book Review on Martin Amis’ London Fields Martin Amis’ book, London Fields, set in the 1990s and written in the 1980s is a tour de force. Set in Amis’ home town London, it traverses class, wealth, status and profession, as the femme fatale Nicola Six, manipulates the men in the story. Something of a soothsayer, […]
Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book
Book Review of Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is a superb resource to dip into when feeling low. Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is the perfect read for anyone who has found themselves at a low ebb and needs a message of hope that things can and will get better. Matt Haig begins The […]
Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs
Book Review of Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs is a great read with more twists and turns than a remote country lane. I hadn’t come across Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs fiction until I read Then She Was Gone, for which I had a grudging admiration. Psychological thrillers are a […]
Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt
Book Review of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt is both sad, funny and wise. AdamKay’s This is Going to Hurt describes his life as a junior doctor during the years leading up to his resignation. Written in a dry satirical tone, Adam doesn’t hold back and shows […]
Victoria Hislop’s The Island
Book Review on Victoria Hislop’s The Island Hislop’s The Island, her debut novel, is set on the real Greek island of Spinalonga, off the coast of Crete, both before and during the Second World War. The story begins with Alexis Fielding, who, at a crossroads in her own life, seeks to uncover the secrets of […]
Elizabeth Day’s Magpie
Book Review on Elizabeth Day’s Magpie When a single magpie (one for sorrow) makes an appearance at the beginning of Elizabeth Day’s The Magpie, the reader should know that they will be in for a roller-coaster ride! Elizabeth Day’s Magpie begins with Marisa, the narrator for much of the story, explaining her relationship with Jake and their […]