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Category: Contemporary

June 16, 2025

The House of Silk – Anthony Horowitz

I’m not a fan of contemporary pastiches of old classics. I’ve had enough experience of reading silly and hideous stories based on my beloved…

April 3, 2025

Conclave – Robert Harris

I picked up this novel because it was about the conclave. My first knowledge of it comes from Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, and…

March 13, 2025

The Song of Achilles – Madeline Miller

It’s sad to have to write a negative review on a popular contemporary work like The Song of Achilles but quite honestly, I didn’t…

February 12, 2025

Prophet Song – Paul Lynch

The 2023 Booker Prize winner is a powerful tribute to the victims who were, who are, and who will be of either state-induced dictatorship…

December 5, 2024

Whereabouts – Jhumpa Lahiri

The beginning of my reader-author relationship with Jhumpa Lahiri was not pleasant. I read The Namesake for an assignment for my MA, and while…

May 18, 2024

Autumn – Ali Smith

Autumn is Ali Smith’s response to Brexit. Clearly, she disagrees with the majority of the British’s decision to leave the European Union as demonstrated…

July 3, 2023

My Dark Vanessa – Kate Elizabeth Russell

I never thought that I would experience yet another Lolita in my life. But My Dark Vanessa is a similar kind, because I found…

July 1, 2023

Time Shelter – Georgi Gospodinov

The 2023 Booker Prize winner, Time Shelter, is an extraordinary book that touches mainly on our relations with history and our own past. Combining…

September 20, 2022

The Door – Magda Szabo

The Door is a singular story of an unusual relationship between a female author and her housekeeper. Emerence, the housekeeper, is quite a character,…

September 3, 2022

Bloomsbury Girls – Natalie Jenner

Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner is a sequel to her debut The Jane Austen Society. Like in her debut novel, Jenner has chosen a…

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