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Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet reimagines the life of Shakespeare’s family, centring on the quiet domestic world that sits behind one of literature’s most famous names. The novel traces the events surrounding the death of Hamnet, Shakespeare’s young son, and the echoes of...
A woman washes up during a violent storm on a remote island that was once a research base but is now long abandoned except for its caretaker Dominic Salt and his three children. As Rowan is nursed back to health she begins to piece together what happened to the...
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans unfolds through letters, emails and notes, following the life of retiree Sybil Van Antwerp as she navigates her later years largely on her own terms. A firm believer in the written letter over modern forms of communication, Sybil’s...
Instead of posting separately, I thought I would talk out the two books I’ve read recently. My resolution for this year was to read more (more than I had the year previous) and I’m smashing that target. I didn’t watch a lot of television before hand but since I...
Every so often, a book comes along that quietly consumes your attention. This was recommended to me by work bestie and although I had heard of the book, I didn’t know much about it. Their brief plot summary of the beginning pulled me in and after reading, I’m grateful...
Please be aware this review contains spoilers so don’t read on if you’ve not read the book! R.F. Kuang’s Yellowface is a sharp and unsettling literary thriller about ambition, appropriation and the stories we claim as our own. The novel follows June Hayward, a...
Peter Apps’ Show Me the Bodies is an unflinching, meticulously researched account of one of the most devastating tragedies in recent British history. It’s a book that doesn’t just tell you what happened, it lays bare the human, systemic and institutional failures that...
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This was an enjoyable read, though I felt it skimmed the surface of some of the heavier themes it raised, suicide and depression in particular. At times, it seemed to soften these issues a bit too much, which could come across as trivialising to some readers. The...