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Category Archives: Fiction
REVIEW: Femlandia by Christina Dalcher
The Handmaid’s Tale: quickly becoming the most misunderstood dystopian book since 1984.
REVIEW: We, Jane by Aimee Wall
Aimee Wall’s debut We, Jane has a strong sense of place, but the story it tells is becoming more and more universal.
REVIEW: Lights Out in Lincolnwood, Geoff Rodkey
It wasn’t funny when The Simpsons did it either.
BOOK REVIEW: Never Saw Me Coming, Vera Kurian
Never Saw Me Coming is a book that does what it says on the tin. Well, maybe. Despite the title, it seems I mostly saw this book coming miles and miles away.
BOOK REVIEW: Something New Under the Sun by Alexandra Kleeman
I’ve never lived in LA (and I’ve only visited once), but somehow the city still looms large in my consciousness.
BOOK TOUR: The Turnout by Megan Abbott
I’m very happy to be one of the hosts of the book tour for THE TURNOUT by Megan Abbott, a suspenseful and tense thriller set in the world of ballet – thank you NetGalley and Virago for the review copy!
NETGALLEY BOOK REVIEW: How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
There has to be some scientific explanation for why people go gaga for serial killers, and especially female serial killers.
BOOK REVIEW: Three Rooms by Jo Hamya
The “three rooms” of the title don’t seem to develop her in any way, just provide a space for the bog standard nation-as-metaphor text dominating fiction at the moment.
BOOK REVIEW: Should We Stay or Should We Go by Lionel Shriver
To Talk About Kevin has lived in the UK for the better part of the 21st century, and Should We Stay or Should We Go shows she’s finally arrived at a British milestone: grumpiness.