Book review: People With No Charisma
A bleak, emotionally draining novel that explores life’s trivial anxieties with humorless precision—reading it feels like enduring depression on the page.
By Reuben Fourt-Wells - 3 min read
Book review: What about men?
Comedian and commentator Caitlin Moran follows her humorous feminist manifesto with a tongue-in-cheek look at the strange world of men.
By Laura Gamio - 2 min read
Book review: The Wager
A mostly forgotten maritime misadventure is transformed into a newly thrilling saga of hubris, nemesis and treachery on the high seas
By Reegan Barber - 2 min read
Book review: Tom Lake
Ann Patchett’s Tom Lake is a delightful tale of a mother recounting a long-ago romance to her adult daughters
By Amy Dale - 2 min read
Book review: The Three of Us
The Three of Us by British-Nigerian writer Ore Agbaje-Williams is a comedy of manners and much more, touching on truths about friendships, expectations around marriage,…
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: Dark Corners
A true-crime podcaster does battle with the dark world of social media influence
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: Traced
Traced by award-winning Australian author Catherine Jinks marries COVID-19 lockdown issues with a terrifying tale of domestic abuse.
By Avril Janks - 2 min read
Book review: Echo Lake
A few pages into this novel and the reader can expect to be both hooked and charmed by this story.
By Lema Samandar - 2 min read
Book Review: Yellowface
Spiteful, tense and topical, this buzzy thriller hits almost every hot-button issue in publishing
By Amy Dale - 3 min read
Book review: None of This is True
In the latest psychological thriller from Lisa Jewell, a podcaster looks into the life of her “accidental twin” – and wishes she hadn’t
By Avril Janks - 2 min read