We enjoyed this . Plot twists that work. Characters one can see...Recommended
Monday 16 September 2024
Sunday 11 August 2024
The Unspeakable Skipton Pamela Hansford Johnson
An anti-hero centre stage . Hardly any likeable characters but worth a read for the period setting and ( self-imposed) desperation of his life
Friday 21 June 2024
Yasunari Kawabata : The Rainbow
An understated Japanese novel set after WW2. don't mention the war...more to it than at first seems
Wednesday 13 March 2024
Burnt Sugar ... Avni Doshi
Good , although as usual, not as good as the reviews suggest. Difficult to like the narrator at first.
Mothers and daughters ...!
Monday 5 February 2024
Beasts of England --Adam Biles
this divided us, one found it got better and better , a couple thought it OK but too scatter-gun in tis targets and one disliked it .
How often do we disagree with the book reviews ---Often !
Wednesday 20 December 2023
Hua Hsu - Stay True
A divided jury- Two liked it - one a lot , the rest were indifferent to the narrator. Some interesting points about history and memory and about his relation with father . From page 174 I liked it but it is only 192 pages long!
Tuesday 28 November 2023
Jo Browning Wroe - A Terrible Kindness
A remarkable, moving and memorable opening ....then a rather predictable cliche of a tale of growing up.
As though she had two ideas at writing class and stitched the together.