Review: ‘Oliver Twist’ – Charles Dickens 1838
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Set in the darkest corners of London Oliver Twist is a scathing critique of class divisions and the inhuman treatment of England’s poore...
Review: ‘The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden’ – Jonas Jonasson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars A bizarre blend of humour and historical fiction, Jonas Jonasson’s novel is laugh-out-loud funny. A girl, born in the slums of South Afr...
Review: ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ – Neil Gaiman 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Blurring the lines between the real and unreal, Gaiman offers up almost no advice on how to talk to girls at parties, but instead explor...
Review: ‘The Pigeon’ – Patrick Süskind 1987
My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Pigeon is a truly strange and vividly intense novella. The narrative covers a single 24 hour period in the life of a Frenchman, with...
Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ – Colleen Hoover 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars It’s Ends With Us is an important and powerful novel. It may not be a perfect book, but the way in which domestic violence is addressed ...
Review: ‘1Q84’ – Haruki Murakami 2010
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Note: This review is for the entire trilogy. Another exploration of isolation and loneliness, overlaid this time with power struggles fr...