An entertaining read and liked also by our book group. mysterious bookshop, romance, puzzles, secret societies what’s not to like in this debut novel 6.5/10
Score 6.5/10
Date read January 2016
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Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
2019
12.20
12.20
Comments Off on The Incarnations by Susan Barker
The Incarnations by Susan Barker
2019
12.20
12.20
7/10 from me and same from our book group. A lively discussion at book club. If you like Murakami or Mitchell I’d definitely read this. So begins the first letter that falls into Wang’s lap as he flips down the visor in his taxi. The letters that follow are filled with the stories of Wang’s previous lives—from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from Genghis Khan, to living as a fisherman during the Opium Wars, and being a teenager on the Red Guard. We are taken back to these lives and reincarnations. Brutal and intriguing
Score 7/10
Date read March 2017
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His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet
2016
11.25
11.25
“Short listed for the Booker prize, but didn’t win.
A cleverly constructed and insightful novel. Set in the Highlands of Scotland in a crofting village where families live off the land and times are tough. They get even tougher when the local bully gets himself elected as policeman.
The author tells the story to begin with a series of newspaper reports, so authentic you’d be unsure if this is non fiction. Anyway, read on and what unfolds is a depressing tale.
A good choice for a book group to debate which ours did. Book Club scored it at 6.75/10 and my score 7/10
Score 7/10
Date read November 2016
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Fell by Jenn Ashworth
2016
09.02
09.02
“This novel has a lot going for it. Very good writing, a book which holds your attention, characters and dialogue which hang together perfectly, and a unique story.
Almost from the first page I was gripped. Who are these people, are they for real? Annette, charismatic Timothy Richardson, Jack and Netty
I want to read whatever the author writes next!
Our book club didn’t all score so highly with some going low and others (like me) high, so the average 6/10 doesn’t do it justice. I score 8/10
Score 8/10
Date read September 2016
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