An author's review. I'll be objective about the writing technicalities, and specify where I feel something is valid but not to my taste. Spoilers are signposted.
review:\The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Tag: book-review
book_review_list
A list of the book reviews posted on my blog.
review:\Strange Pictures by Uketsu
An author's review. I'll be objective about the writing technicalities, and specify where I feel something is valid but not to my taste. No spoilers.
review:\The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman
An author's review. I'll be objective about the writing technicalities, and specify where I feel something is valid but not to my taste. Contains mild signposted spoilers.
reading_report_2025q4
My final reading report of 2025 includes an overrated classic, the inspiration for a hit show, a 4-star indie, and a 1000-page dark fantasy that got a lot of people talking.
Alchemised: review; analysis of the controversy; and the danger of doing anything for love
A spoiler-free review from an author's perspective; then spoiler-filled analyses of the controversy, and why doing anything for love hurts everyone [spoilers signposted]
review:\Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital by Samantha Harvey certainly seems to have split opinion. Here's mine.
Arrowmaker Books 