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...
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critical book reviews
Charlotte Bronte
- Mar 14, 2020
- 6 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 5 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 3 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2019
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 2 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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, 2018
- 3 min
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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