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Eye For An Eye by M.J. Arlidge
Controversy forms the basis of this thriller which questions our moral responsibility to young people who offend: rehabilitate or right off?
This is not a book for the faint of heart as it deals with the controversial subject of what we should do with child offenders. Should we release them back into the community under assumed aliases to protect them from retribution or should we deliver our own form of justice on them, when the legal system seemingly fails the victims in allowing their killers to rebuild their lives?
The book’s…
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The Many Adventures of Donnie Malone by Paul E. Doutrich
The Many Adventures of Donnie Malone is just that: a book which describes the adventures of one man, mainly in aviation. However, that career and those adventures include the major wars of the last century, pilots being required to fight, and so, you have a war novel as well as one that charts the more personal struggles and triumphs of Donnie as an individual.
Paul E. Doutrich is Donnie’s…
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Ildri & the Echoes of Trees by Krystal Bailey
A great fantasy opener from Krystal Bailey, which promises much more, with tense action, great characters and a world easy to visualise
Krystal Bailey is a good writer. I know that from having read her previous book A Clearer Sky, which I also had the pleasure to review. She is, in all senses of the description, a great storyteller.
In this Ildri and the Echoes of the Trees, we follow a handful of characters who are key to the story. The chapters switch focus from one to the other, with their names stated at the beginning of…
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A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
A book which is taking the bestseller lists by storm, which is actually a rather enjoyable fantasy read of faeries & humans, power & passion
I’m not going to lie to you: I was filled with many reservations before starting this book, recommended to me as it was by a friend who, having been pressured into it by people around her, found that it lacked a certain something for her. My vision of my reading was one of endurance, where I had to try and get through it for her sake so that we could then tear it apart and examine its parts in a…
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Afterburn by D. Andrews
A story of universal domination set in a futuristic sci-fi world but also an examination of a controlling and damaging relationship
D. Andrews’s Afterburn is a vividly imagined tale which concerns itself with Kara and Caethiid who have known each other since childhood. Both are orphans and so it seems only natural that they should become friends, thrown as they are into the same orphanage and having no-one else. However, Caethiid is also intrigued by Kara due to her difference.
Kara is a nonner, which means that she can’t…
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The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller
The story of Eleanor, her loves and losses, in the context of her time at the holiday home her grandfather built, The Paper Palace
I wasn’t sure when I started reading this whether I was going to like it or not; but I was soon able to put all reservations to one side as I continued to read.
What a book.
There is so much contained in here but the crux of it deals with Eleanor known as Elle, and Jonas and their story. The Paper Palace is key as this is the place where Elle and Jonas first meet and where they continue to be…
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The Lost Immortal by Tony Huston
A novel which is a mixture of fairytale, historical fiction and thriller, which explores immortality and the ambitions of man to acquire it
The Lost Immortal was an enjoyable book to read for many reasons. The idea of immortality and the hunt for it when it is discovered to exist in the world is one that has woven its way through many a good novel and Huston uses the tragic figure of his protagonist, a man of many names but for this review we’ll call him Alexandros, to show that it might not be all that it’s cracked up to…
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The Farm by Randy O'Brien
A tale of family and the impact that war can have, in its many manifestations: death of loved ones, loss, grief or in the hardship it brings
There was much to like about this book. The action is set mainly on the farm where Mary Lou and Brother live, the older members of the Wright family with Mary Lou’s daughters, Millie, Annie and Snaps, whose real name is Ginger. The novel focuses mainly on Snaps but we learn about the lives of the other characters throughout the narrative as well.
O’Brien presents an environment where the women…
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The Whispering Palms by Annette Leigh
A search for a missing girl takes our heroine, Andie Yates back to Bayswater where she grew up and which holds good and bad memories for her
The Whispering Palms is an accomplished read which has pace throughout. It tells the story of Andie Yates who is asked by a woman called Maureen Daniels to look for her daughter, Summer who has disappeared without trace. Andie is an investigator with previous police experience and so you know that you are in the presence of someone who will pursue the truth until it is found.
The difficulty that…
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Dreams of Drowning by Patricia Averbach
A novel of two tales, beautifully told, which weaves the weight of loss, youthful idealism and the limitations of old age together
Patricia Averbach’s book was a surprise to me as it went imaginatively to places that I was not expecting and, more to the point, it does it really well so that this is an engaging, well-written book which I was able to read easily and thoroughly enjoy. There was a chance that Averbach’s premise could have led to a read which was cheesy or over-sentimental but she manages to tread this fine line…
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A Paper Orchestra by Michael Jamin
An honest, sometimes excruciatingly so, collection of personal essays, which is also incredibly witty and made this reader laugh out loud.
Michael Jamin’s collection of personal essays is a tour of his life in many ways which has elements of memoir in its self-examination but is also full of humour throughout. In some ways, it reads like a performance so I wasn’t surprised when I got to the end and discovered that Jamin is actually doing a talkback to coincide with this book so my impression was apt. As someone whose occupation is…
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A sad tale for#astoryeverydayin2024 @vocal_creators.
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Day 33 and I'm still going!
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The Greater Good by Frank Sapienza
Frank Sapienza gives us a modern moral thriller about Dr Jon Morrison who is given a choice to help his son but at what ethical cost?
What would you do if you were presented with the means to help your medically disadvantaged child but knew that it was ethically dubious? That it is the crux of Frank Sapienza’s book, The Greater Good.
His main character, Dr Jon Morrison, recently separated, is the father of twin boys, Mike and Jack. It is Mike who concerns him, as Mike has Cystic Fibrosis and his prognosis for a long and…
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January done of #writeastoryeverydayin2024 @vocal_creators.
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