Tag: fiction
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton – (abandoned) Book Review
I very rarely abandon books, but after struggling through more than three hundred pages of this exquisitely written yet unengaging historical mystery, I thought it was fair to call it quits.
The Girl with All the Gifts by M. R. Carey – Book Review
Few books grabbed me as instantly as this post-apocalyptic thriller. It doesn’t quite live up to the promise of its striking opening and strays into over-familiar genre territory, but it remains a riveting read and, like all good science fiction, raises some intriguing moral conundrums.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie – Book Review
I did it: after five and a half years, and eighty novels and short story collections, I’ve finished my Agatha Christie re-readathon with the Poirot mystery that started it all.
Curtain: Poirot’s Last Case by Agatha Christie – Book Review
The Queen of Crime brings down the curtain on life and work of Hercule Poirot in this melancholy finale that does give her most famous creation a dramatic and memorable send-off.
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King – Book Review
I felt like re-visiting this collection of four dark and disturbing novellas of varying quality, all centred around the themes of justice, complicity and retribution.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes – Book Review
I almost never cry over books these days, but I can admit that Daniel Keyes’ thought-provoking, heart-wrenching novel is one of the few recent reads that made me tear up.
The Listerdale Mystery by Agatha Christie – Book Review
I assumed I was done with Christie’s short stories, but I was wrong: there remained twelve more tales of intrigue to finish, which mostly land on the fun and frothy end.
The Clocks by Agatha Christie – Book Review
An odd mix of murder mystery and spy intrigue, The Clocks is a bit overstuffed and rough around the edges, but Christie’s light touch and humour make this uneven novel very enjoyable despite its shortcomings.
Poirot’s Early Cases by Agatha Christie – Book Review
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