It's been a while since inspiration struck for a book-related blog but after the operation last week I treated myself to a stack of books I've been desperate to read for ages. One of them, Character Breakdown by Zawe Ashton, is like nothing I've ever read before and it immediately warranted a whole blog to itself. I have…
Continue reading ➞ Review: Character Breakdown – Zawe Ashton
Like with most stories that start with a twenty-something London-based office worker navigating the breakdown of a long-term relationship, your mind settles in for a harmless piece of Chick-Lit. And then Caroline O'Donoghue's Promising Young Women knocks you off-centre by turning into something else entirely. The praise on the book's sleeve repeatedly uses the word "gothic."…
Don't you just hate it when you pick a random book off of your TBR pile and then accidentally enjoy it so much it becomes one of those drastically transformative reads? Me neither. It's so amazing when that happens, especially when you're not expecting it. Well recently (i.e. this weekend) Dawn O'Porter's The Cows did this for me.…
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