The Echo Chamber features a deeply unappealing family whose life is upended by their addiction to celebrity culture and, in…
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Book review: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
I was interested in this novel because I recently read Conn Iggulden’s Conqueror series, which tells the story of Genghis…
SPOILER review: Tension by E M Delafield
This is one of my occasional series where I share my thoughts on the whole of a book, so if…
Book review: China Room by Sunjeev Sahota
China Room begins in a Punjabi village in the 1920s. Mehar is one of three young women who have just…
Book review: The Great Mistake by Jonathan Lee
The Great Mistake is a novel based on the life and death of Andrew Haswell Green, the “Father of Greater…
Book review: The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam
Asha Ray has a bad time in high school – she’s clever but she doesn’t fit in socially, and feels…
Book review: Mermaid Singing by Charmian Clift
This is the first of two books Charmian Clift wrote about her life in Greece with her husband, George Johnston,…
Book review: The Adventures of Miss Barbara Pym by Paula Byrne
First Morrissey, now Barbara Pym. They say you should never meet your heroes, perhaps you don’t want to know their…
Book review: While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
Is there no end to the achievements of Stacey Abrams? The lawyer, campaigner and politician’s voter outreach programme is widely…
Book review: The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
I loved this book! It’s funny, clever and moving, with a seaside setting and a rich cast of characters. First…
