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Tag: book review

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Review: Hating Alison Ashley – Robin Klein 1984

May 6, 2016

My rating: 3.5 of 5 stars A funny little novel about life in an Australian Primary School. Best suited for ages 9-11, Hating Alison Ashley features a rather obn...

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Review: ‘The Mysterious Mr Quin’ – Agatha Christie 1930

April 30, 2016

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Mildly entertaining collection of short mysteries. I don’t believe this is Agatha Christie’s best work but there are enough enjoyable st...

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Review: ‘Kitchen’ – Banana Yoshimoto 2001

April 26, 2016

My rating: 4 of 5 stars A haunting, beautiful little novel about grief, loneliness, and the solace we find in others. There are three parts to this tiny 160 pag...

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Review: ‘These Broken Stars’ – Amie Kaufman 2013

April 24, 2016

These Broken Stars by Amie Kaufman My rating: 2.5 stars. Heavy on the love story, light on the science fiction. This novel would be perfect if you’ve neve...

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Review: ‘Illuminae’ – Amy Kaufman & Jay Kristoff 2015

April 12, 2016

My rating: 5 of 5 stars 4.5 stars. Illuminae is YA sci-fi done right. It’s a funny, smart, sassy outer layer wrapped around a core of questions about morality a...

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Review: ‘The Sidekicks’ – Will Kostakis 2016

April 10, 2016

My rating: 5 of 5 stars A must-read for any teen, or lover of YA contemporary! Reading The Sidekicks feels like that heart-stopping moment when you realise that...

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‘Clockwork Princess’ – Cassandra Clare 2013

April 3, 2016

My rating: 3 of 5 stars Cassandra Clare has written a beautiful, perfect love story, it’s just such a pity that not much else in this trilogy is worthy of...

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‘V for Vendetta’ – Alan Moore 1982

April 2, 2016

My rating: 3 of 5 stars V for Vendetta is, to me, a series of excellent quotes with illustrations I could mostly do without. The story is interesting, but the p...

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‘Red Rising’ – Pierce Brown 2014

March 29, 2016

My rating: 5 of 5 stars There are books that you can call rollercoasters, and there are books you can call boring. There are books that you can call entertainin...

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‘The Lies of Locke Lamora’ – Scott Lynch 2007

March 28, 2016

My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Lies of Locke Lamora is ‘locked’ into place as one of my all-time favourite fantasy novels after my reread in March 2016. The first ...

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