Advantages: Great characters, humour, excellent writing style Disadvantages: You'll either love or hate the ending, some characters are irritating
...Philippa Gregory is best known for her historical fiction, so I was both curious and apprehensive when I came upon Zelda's Cut in my local library. I was pleasantly surprised: I found a highly original story, fascinating characters and the style of writin ...
Advantages: Gentle, poignant story of war and the passions it arouses Disadvantages: Rather slow to get going - so persevere
I had never heard of the author before, but was drawn to this title after picking it up and reading the blurb on the back. The promise of a rather gentle tale yet with sinister undercurrents, of a small community on the Cornish coast caught up indirectly ...
Advantages: Beautifully written, intriguing blend of fact and fiction Disadvantages: Confusing in some ways: minor characters; factual thread shifts backwards and forwards
...They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but I'm afraid it was the cover of Zoia's Gold that attracted me to it in my local library. The woman's face reminded me a little of an Italian Renaissance Madonna with the soft shadows reminiscent of L ...
Advantages: Great storytelling and insight Disadvantages: none
AUTHOR Colum McCann was born in Dublin in 1965. He discovered the power of writing when, as a journalism student he carried out an investigation into the situation of battered women in the city. He won Young Journalist of the Year for his work, an ...
Advantages: Profound and entertaining, what more does one want?! Disadvantages: none
I know nothing about Greek literature, so when I looked for adequate reading matter for our hols on Crete I turned to google and found Nikos Kazantzakis’ ‘Zorba the Greek’. Ah, yes, suddenly the wonderful film from 1964 came back to my mind, older readers ...
