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critical book reviews
Daisy Paterson
Mar 27, 20209 min read
Mrs Dalloway - critical review
After I read the novel, I also read through 'The Connell guide to Mrs Dalloway' as well as listened to the In Our Time Podcast on the...
Charlotte Bronte
Mar 14, 20206 min read
Jane Eyre - critical review
After finishing the book, I also read parts of 'the Connell Guide to Jane Eyre', 'A reader's guide to essential criticism' and listened...
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Mar 1, 20205 min read
Crime and Punishment - critical review
'Crime and Punishment' by Dostoyevsky follows Raskolnikov, who has just had to drop out of university due to not being able to pay for...
Kamila Shamsie
Feb 15, 20205 min read
Home Fire - critical review
I love the story of 'Antigone' (Sophocles) and was really interested when hearing that Shamshie's book is a modern adaption of this Greek...
Albert Camus
Feb 15, 20205 min read
The Outsider - critical review
I love philosophical novels - and the 'outsider' (or L'etranger) is all about existentialism. This novel was published in 1942. The short...
John Steinbeck
Feb 1, 20204 min read
East of Eden - critical Review
After studying 'Of Mice and Men' for GCSE'S by John Steinbeck, I never really thought of reading another of his books (despite really...
Jostein Gardener
Jan 26, 20203 min read
Sophie's world review
Sophie's World is a novel by Jostein Garrdener which is based on a philosophy course. It's the bridge between a fiction and non fiction...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Dec 21, 20193 min read
Americanah review
After being very inspired by the Ted Talk of 'a danger of a single story', (check it out if you have never heard it before) I was really...
Daisy Paterson
Aug 31, 20192 min read
The Red Queen review
Second in the famous Philippa Gregory's series, this book interested me from the start. It led me to see the other side of the wars of...
Phillipa Gregory
Jul 24, 20192 min read
The white Queen
This book was the first book I've read of Phillipa Gregory's, and it was a great introduction into the Tudors (which I knew...
Daisy Paterson
Jan 19, 20192 min read
The forgetting time review
Sharon Guskins debut novel blew me away. This book was something I read a while ago and I am telling everyone to read. It is a book based...
Liane Moriarty
Aug 28, 20182 min read
What Alice Forgot review
I read about this book and was instantly intrigued by the plot. It was a little more of an easy read which I was craving after Alone in...
Hans Fallada
Aug 8, 20183 min read
Alone in Berlin
This novel was first published in Gemany in 1947, but later translated by Michael Hofmann and published in 2009. It was a challenging,...
Marie Lu
Aug 8, 20183 min read
Warcross
I have to admit, this was a novel I picked up from the bookshop very quickly and I wasn’t really sure what it would be like. I was even...
Jodi Picoult
Aug 8, 20183 min read
Nineteen Minutes
I was having a bit of a low on books for a bit, you know that feeling which you can’t seem to find a book that catches you in the first...
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