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Mayflies by Andrew O’Hagan
“What we had that day was our story. We didn’t have the other bit, the future, and we had no way of knowing what that would be like. Perhaps it would change our memory of al of this, or perhaps it would draw from it, nobody knew. But I’m sure I felt the story of…
1980s, 1st pov, 4 STARS, Adult, ageing, Andrew O'Hagan, boyhood, Contemporary, england, friendships, GRIEF, growing up, HISTORICAL FICTION, identity, illness, LITERARY FICTION, male authors, male friendships, Manchester, Mayflies, MEMORY, music, netgalley, published in 2020, read in 2020, scotland, scottish author -
The Less Dead by Denise Mina — book review
The Less Dead is a gripping, if bleak, piece of tartan noir. When sex workers, drug addicts, migrant workers, and otherwise marginalised groups are victims of murder, they are called the ‘less dead’. Their deaths are less important, not as ‘impactful’. Denise Mina’s novel, in a similar vein to recent releases such as Long Bright…
3 STARS, 3rd pov, addiction, ADOPTION, BOOK REVIEW, cheating, class, Contemporary, CRIME, dark, dead girls, Denise Mina, female authors, lgbtq+ side, mothers & daughters, netgalley, Noir, obsession, Poverty, prostitution, published in 2020, rape, read in 2020, REVIEW, scotland, scottish author, serial killers, sexual assault/abuse/rape, social issues, SUSPENSE, Tartan Noir, The Less Dead, THRILLER, violence against women -
The Missing Years : Book Review
The Missing Years by Lexie Elliott ★★★✰✰ 3 stars The story had some potential, which is why I was very frustrated by the way the storyline developed. To begin with, I was absorbed by the setting of the novel: a creepy manor in Scotlandwhere the main character, Ailsa, lived as child. After her father’s mysterious…
1st pov, 3 STARS, BOOK REVIEW, creepy setting, domestic thriller, drama, family, female authors, GOTHIC, Lexie Elliott, manor/big house, missing fathers, missing men, missing persons, modern gothic, MYSTERY, psychological, published in 2019, READ IN 2019, REVIEW, scotland, scottish author, SISTERS, summer reads, SUSPENSE, The Missing Years, THRILLER, village -
Ashland & Vine by John Burnside
Ashland & Vine follows a film student Kate Lamber who has been deeply affected by the death of her father. Medicating her grief through alcohol Kate spends her days trying to numb her feelings. Working on a project started by her flatmate/occasional lover Laurits, Kate is tasked with ‘collecting’ stories. Which is how she ends…
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