Tag: bookreviews
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New Book Review: The Tattooist Of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
This book is truly unputdownable. I was hooked from the very outset and deeply moved not just from the horrors that occurred but also from Lale’s arresting romanticism and determination.
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The Ghost Tree by Barbara Erskine
Erskine captivates in this novel with story-telling that pulls the reader into her world.
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LoveReading UK featured my review!
I’m extremely excited to have been selected as an ambassador for LoveReading UK, the UK’s leading book recommendation website.
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New Book Review: Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The story-telling is undeniably seamless. I loved the picture of excess that Kwan drew when he spoke of manicured gardens, gowns of iridescent silk and silver-leaf latticework.
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New Book Review: The End We Start From By Megan Hunter
The story-telling is imaginatively distinctive and seems to carry a flavour of poeticism. Hunter creates a story that is uniquely her own with sparse prose, unnamed characters and animal symbolism.
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New Book Review: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
A book of enchanting and whimsical folklore with fabled tales of quick-witted giants, crafty dwarves, life-granting apples and beguiling gods, Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman is a humorous retelling of age old Scandinavian myths.
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New Review: Blood Of Elves by Andrzej Sapkowski
As Ciri grows, learns to fight and discovers hidden secrets about her abilities, she comes to realize how rife with conflict the world is. She discovers the power of ignorance in breeding hatred and fear.
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Dark Days Lonely Nights by D R Nguyen
I started reading these verses on my lunch break from the full-time 9-5 job I currently have; so such poems as I Wonder and Routine really resonated with me and I could empathize with the disillusionment, the sense of frustration and pointlessness that makes the pursuit of dreams seem altogether bleak.
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Deadly Games by Wayne Clark
Apart from how visually stunning it looks, the book has an appealing premise that creates an air of mystery and suspense right from the outset. I also enjoyed the subdued sexual tension of the story telling pertaining to Carl’s affair with the enigmatic Sasha.
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New Review: Othello The Moor Of Venice by William Shakespeare
This classic tragedy is the perfect execution of dramatic irony and poetry. The rhyming couplets are very much indicative of Shakespearean writing, and their use in this play resonated like proverbial sayings.
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