Category Archives: literary book review
Review: Playworld by Adam Ross
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A big and big-hearted novel—one enthralling, transformative year in the life of a child actor coming of age in a bygone Manhattan, from the critically acclaimed author of Mr. Peanut (“A brilliant, powerful, and … Continue reading
Review: Coup de Grace by Sofia Ajram
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A mindbending and visceral experimental horror about a young man trapped in an infinite Montreal subway station, perfect for readers of Mark Z. Danielewski and Susanna Clarke. Vicken has a plan: throw himself into … Continue reading
Review: Shock Induction by Chuck Palahniuk
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Fight Club comes a dark, satirical parable about a string of mysterious high school disappearances, the seedy underbellies of billionaires, and the tough choices we make in the face … Continue reading
Review: Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In this exquisite speculative novel set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as … Continue reading
Review: Authority (Southern Reach #2) by Jeff VanderMeer
Buy it here: Amazon Bookshop Synopsis: The bone-chilling, hair-raising second installment of the Southern Reach Trilogy After thirty years, the only human engagement with Area X—a seemingly malevolent landscape surrounded by an invisible border and mysteriously wiped clean of all … Continue reading
Review: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From Rachel Kushner, a Booker Prize finalist, two-time National Book Award finalist, and “one of the most gifted authors of her generation” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a new novel about a … Continue reading
Review: Fathers and Fugitives by S.J. Naude
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An inventive and emotionally charged novel about fatherhood and family, loyalty and betrayal, inheritance and belonging. Daniel is a worldly and urbane journalist living in London. His relationships appear to be sexually fulfilling but … Continue reading
Review: Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Inspired by Kailee Pedersen’s own journey being adopted from Nanning, China in 1996 and growing up on a farm in Nebraska, this rich and atmospheric supernatural horror debut explores an ancient Chinese mythology. The … Continue reading
Review: Bear by Julia Phillips
Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A mesmerising novel of two sisters on a Pacific Northwest island whose lives are upended by an unexpected visitor — a tale of family, obsession, and a mysterious creature in the woods, by the … Continue reading
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