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115 reviews

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

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dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.5

An amazing authentic narrative voice that makes you feel like one and the same with all the highs and all the lows.
Whilst riffing on cancel culture all the players are so archetypical that little room is left for nuance as one might experience in real life. Somewhat mocking yet whole point of the book?
Babel by R.F. Kuang

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mysterious slow-paced

2.5

The Seamstress of Sardinia: A Novel by Bianca Pitzorno

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emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

The Lollipop Shoes by Joanne Harris

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funny reflective relaxing

4.0

Then she said ‘I’m fabulous’.
Blackberry Wine by Joanne Harris

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emotional medium-paced

5.0

Only Harris could write something from the perspective of a case of old wine.
Chocolat by Joanne Harris

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emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

Love Joanne Harris. So evocative.
Istanbul: A Tale of Three Cities by Bettany Hughes

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informative

5.0

Hughes makes history human. Even a city.
Tamed: Ten Species That Changed Our World by Alice Roberts

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informative

3.5

I should have known cats were never tamed.