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The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi
That Helen Oyeyemi wrote her debut novel aged 18 while studying for her A-Levels is certainly an impressive feat. And, as debuts go, The Icarus Child is by no means a weak one. As this happens to be the third book I’ve read of hers I can see just how much her writing has grown…
2000s, 3 STARS, 3rd pov, Adult, atmospheric, Black & Black heritage authors, bullying, CHILDHOOD, elementary school, england, family, female authors, female friendships, FOLKLORE, friendships, ghosts/spirits, growing up, HORROR, LITERARY FICTION, loneliness, MAGICAL REALISM, Nigeria, nigerian british author, published in 2005, read in 2021, The Icarus Child, toxic relationships -
The Lake by Banana Yoshimoto
The Lake is narrated by the quintessential Banana Yoshimoto protagonist. While Yoshimoto’s sparse yet dreamy makes for an easy reading experience this is definitely not one of her ‘strongest’ novels.Chihiro, daughter of an ‘unconventional’ couple, moves to Tokyo in order to pursue a career graphic artist. She’s still grieving her mother’s death and spends most…
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The Devotion of Suspect X (Detective Galileo #1) by Keigo Higashino
The Devotion of Suspect X is an unusual detective novel. By the end of the first chapter readers witness the murder that is at the centre of this novel. We know the identity and motivations of the perpetrator. What follows is a compulsive game of cat-and-mouse between ‘detective Galileo’ and Suspect X. At times this…
2000s, 3.25 stars, 3rd pov, Adult, cat and mouse, Contemporary, CRIME, DETECTIVE, Detective Galileo, Detective Galileo series, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, Keigo Higashino, male authors, MURDER, murder mystery, MYSTERY, obsession, police procedural, Psychological thriller, published in 2005, read in 2020, stalking, SUSPENSE, The Devotion of Suspect X, THRILLER, tokyo, TRANSLATED FICTION -
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova — book review
What could have been the perfect historical mystery for bibliophiles ended up being an unnecessarily long-winded and frequently dull novel. “Looking up from my work, I suddenly realized that someone had left a book whose spine I had never seen before among my own textbooks, which sat on a shelf above my desk. The spine…
15th century, 1950s, 1970s, 20th century, 3 STARS, Adult, adventure, AMERICAN AUTHOR, big books, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, books about books, bram stoker, bulgaria, different styles (1st/2nd/3rd povs), dracula, drama, Elizabeth Kostova, epistolary, female authors, FOLKLORE, FRANCE, GOTHIC, historians, HISTORICAL FICTION, history, istanbul, librarians, libraries/bookshops, LITERARY FICTION, modern gothic, MYSTERY, Netherlands, philosophical, psychological, published in 2005, READ IN 2019, Religion, Romania, slow pacing, story within a story, SUPERNATURAL, SUSPENSE, the historian, travel, Turkey, unnamed narrator, VAMPIRES -
THE NAKANO THRIFT SHOP: BOOK REVIEW
“I thought about how what I felt for him now and what he felt for me at that moment must be totally and completely out of sync. Trying to imagine it made me dizzy.” Hiromi Kawakami has an almost uncanny gift when it comes to capturing on the page the most ordinary thoughts and moments…
1st pov, 2000s, 3.5 STARS, Adult, Contemporary, favourite authors, female authors, friendships, HIROMI KAWAKAMI, HUMOR, japan, JAPANESE AUTHOR, mumblecore, navel gazing, no quotations marks, published in 2005, re-reads, READ IN 2019, read in 2021, ROMANCE, SLICE OF LIFE, surreal, THE NAKANO THRIFT SHOP, tokyo, TRANSLATED FICTION, uplifting reads, will they won't they, work culture
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