Modern Fiction Books > less than 5 GBP Modern Fiction Books

Advantages: Everything, a different perspective
Disadvantages: None.

...at its classy humour and the whimsical behavior of the autistic child, Christopher really brings the reality of life back to me again. It has an unusual mix of arcane characters, introduce the ideology of a down syndrome kid and how he is often left behind in the far corners of society. I purposely left space on the shelf exclusively for this book. It's amazing content and how Mark Haddon shows us the world in the eyes of Christopher is just mind-blowing ... Read review

Advantages: funny, romantic, sweet
Disadvantages: repetitive

...seen my friends reading the Twilight series and to be honest, i never taken much interest in them. This ended when everybody was talking about how amazing they were, so i figured i might as well read them! To tell the truth, they are addictive. If your girl, then you most probably will fall in love with Edward Cullen - yes, i know he's fiction but trust me, you will! The main plot is quite exciting but everything in between can get a bit boring. ...
...17 year old girl who has moved to the wet, grey town of Forks. She meets a peculiar boy called Edward and is instantly drawn to him. It turns out he's a.........I won't tell you! (Don't want to ruin the story) The boko can get pretty repetive and annoying. Bella mostly talks about her day and it usually goes something like this " I got home, made dinner, thought about Edward..he's beautiful, argued with dad, made up with dad...isn't Edward beautiful, ... Read review

Advantages: Unputdownable
Disadvantages: In some ways almost too short

Astonishing Splashes of Colour is the first novel by Clare Morrall and was shortlisted for the MAN Booker Prize 2003. The book itself is the first published book by its author, and I think it was the Astonishing Splashes of Colour that make up its cover that attracted me towards its purchase in the first place. The title itself is inspired by Peter Pan, “For the Neverland is always more or less an Island with astonishing splashes of colour here and ...
...character Kitty Wellington, and is set in a familiar part of Birmingham that is Edgbaston in the present time. Kitty herself is the youngest of six adult children, including a runaway elder sister who she does not remember, and four older brothers. Kitty does not remember her Mother either, as she died in a car accident when she was three years old. For the bulk of the book, Kitty herself speaks of a time as a 30 something married female who is ... Read review

Advantages: Great plot and interesting to read
Disadvantages: Maybe a book more for the girls

PS. I Love You (The printed book by Cecilia Ahern) When I was first told about the film I thought I would never want to watch it as it sounded rather morbid and sad, but I caved in after the raving reviews I heard about it. I loved the film so much I decided to read the book. I'm glad I seen the film first as the book was way better! The story was more gripping as there were more characters and I never wanted to set the book down. The book opens ...
...has just died. It tells you how she is grieving for her husband. He has wrote her 10 letters giving her advice which will help her after losing him. Each letter ends with PS. I love you. Holly has to open one letter every month. The book follows her life and how her friends, family and Gerry's letters help her through. She is very young to be losing a husband and he guides her one letter at a time where she finds herself laughing, crying, singing, ... Read review

Advantages: Satirical, witty, very funny, laugh out loud book
Disadvantages: Quite a lot of swearing

Vernon God Little is the story of Vernon Little an average American teenager. Okay he's done a few things that he wouldn't want his mum to find out about - but who hasn't, and how is she ever going to find out! Well sadly for Vernon things are about to turn bad - very bad and those little indiscretions that he thought didn’t matter are about to be blown out of all proportion. You see a class mate of Vernons has decided its time for people to die ...
...So what did Vernon do to be associated with these terrible crimes, well the answer to that is nothing and in principle that is what the book is about. Vernon tries time and time again to explain to people that he barely knew the guy who committed the crimes let alone have anything to do with them, but no one cares, they want someone to pay and they’ve decided it’s going to be him. The book starts with Vernon explaining to the police that he had ... Read review