Category: Book Reviews
Book Reviews
Resistance by Julian Fuks, translated by...
I Miss The World by Violet LeVoit
My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan ...
Tell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephant...
Matter by Iain M. Banks
Mem by Bethany C. Morrow
Revenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
The Freeze Frame Revolution by Peter Wat...
The Overstory by Richard Powers (W. W. N...
Missing by Alison Moore (Salt)
Excession by Iain M Banks (Orbit)
Die, My Love by Ariana Harwicz (translat...
West by Carys Davies (Scribner)
Kudos by Rachel Cusk
Warlight by Michael Ondaatje (Knopf)
The State Of The Art by Iain M. Banks (O...
Time Was by Ian McDonald (Tor Novella)
Pure Hollywood by Christine Schutt (And ...
Animal Lovers by Rob Palk (Sandstone Pre...
Blackfish City by Sam J. Miller (Ecco)
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison (Algonquin B...
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente (Sa...
The Tea Master and the Detective Aliette...
Sisyphean by Dempow Torishima, trans Dan...
The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne (Tin Ho...
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Al...
Unbearable Splendor by Sun Yung Shin (Co...
Bash Bash Revolution by Douglas Lain (Ni...
The Smoke by Simon Ings (Gollancz)
Sealed by Naomi Booth (Dead Ink)
The Wardrobe Mistress by Patrick McGrath...
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Wr...
Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi...
Sight by Jessie Greengrass (John Murray)
Gods, Monsters, and the Lucky Peach by K...
Berg by Ann Quin (Marion Boyars)
Census by Jesse Ball (Ecco)
Mothers by Chris Powers (Faber & Fa...
Murmur by Will Eaves (CB Editions)
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks
Gaudy Bauble by Isabel Waidner (Dostoyev...
The Only Story by Julian Barnes (Jonatha...
The Strange Case of the Alchemist’...
Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday (Simon &...
The Earlie King & the Kid in Yellow...
King Zeno by Nathaniel Rich (MCD)
The Alarming Palsy of James Orr by Tom L...
Peach by Emma Glass (Bloomsbury)
The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks (Or...
The Sky Is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith...
The Only Harmless Great Thing by Brooke ...
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas (Little, Brown ...
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade...
The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott (Farra...
Jesus’ Son by Denis Johnson (Picad...
Improvement by Joan Silber (Counterpoint...
The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (G.P....
Binti: The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Oko...
Gnomon by Nick Harkaway (William Heinema...
The Afterlives by Thomas Pierce (Riverhe...
Lullaby by Leila Slimani (Faber & F...
Austral by Paul McAuley (Gollancz)
The White Book by Han Kang, translated b...
The Fountain in the Forest by Tony White...
Attrib. and other stories by Eley Willia...
What It Means When A Man Falls From The ...
Darker With The Lights On by David Hayde...
The Twilight Pariah by Jeffrey Ford (Tor...
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomo...
I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek
Conversations with Friends by Sally Roon...
My Top Books for 2017
Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile by Ade...
The Long Drop by Denise Mina
This Is Memorial Device by David Keenan
The Haunting of Henry Twist by Rebecca F...
The Clocks in This House All Tell Differ...
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by G...
Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary
Under A Pole Star by Stef Penney
Winter by Ali Smith
A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge
A Line Made By Walking by Sara Baume
The King Is Always Above The People by D...
Phone by Will Self
Playing Possum by Kevin Davey
Dark At The Crossing by Elliot Ackerman
Her Body And Other Parties by Carmen Mar...
A Kind of Freedom by Margaret Wilkerson ...
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
The Hysterical Hamster
The Wall by John Lanchester
by Mondyboy | Feb 6, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which powerful themes about climate change and immigration are let down a tad by a ho-hum plot.
Read MoreResistance by Julian Fuks, translated by Daniel Hahn
by Mondyboy | Feb 4, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I learn a little bit about Argentina’s “Dirty War” and a stolen decade of children.
Read MoreI Miss The World by Violet LeVoit
by Mondyboy | Feb 2, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I don’t let my ignorance get in the way of a terrific book.
Read MoreMy Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
by Mondyboy | Jan 30, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I mention three tropes I hate and how Braithwaite turns them into a feature, not a bug.
Read MoreTell Them of Battles, Kings and Elephants by Mathias Énard, Trans: Charlotte Mandell
by Mondyboy | Jan 29, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I finally discover what all the fuss is about.
Read MoreMatter by Iain M. Banks
by Mondyboy | Jan 28, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I state the obvious that Matter is too fucking long. (Some neat ideas though).
Read MoreMem by Bethany C. Morrow
by Mondyboy | Jan 12, 2019 | Book Reviews | 0
In which I’m suitably impressed by Bethany C. Morrow’s Mem
Read MoreRevenant Gun by Yoon Ha Lee (Solaris)
by Mondyboy | Jul 28, 2018 | Book Reviews | 0
A fitting conclusion to what’s been an unconventional space-opera trilogy.
Read MoreThe Freeze Frame Revolution by Peter Watts (Tachyon Publications)
by Mondyboy | Jul 14, 2018 | Book Reviews | 0
The hard science and big ideas complement, rather than overwhelm, the engaging plot.
Read MoreThe Overstory by Richard Powers (W. W. Norton Company)
by Mondyboy | Jul 8, 2018 | Book Reviews | 0
An essential, vital novel.
Read More
Recent Comments