9,807 book reviews and counting...

"an ideal protagonist for our times, not a goddess but a detective of the domestic..."

"(a) highly interesting and suggestive book on the analysis of boredom from a strictly psychological perspective..."

"powerful... (a) rich, enigmatic novel..."

"a groundbreaking, earthquaking vision, a story and a manifesto..."

"(a) wise and moving memoir..."

"Polesso’s writing is brisk and fresh, and she captures the bleak human comedy of the myriad ways we mess up when it comes to matters of the heart..."

"Gardner, with his eye for colour as well as architectural detail, is right when he suggests that visitors should spend ... more time looking at the building...."

"the real healing in this book seems to lie in Roberts’s gift for turning the stuff of the everyday into something so mesmerising that it lifts you into another realm..."

"Patrick Barkham’s memoir about trying to raise his children in harmony with nature is thoughtful and poignant..."

"conservative critics will argue that O’Dowd’s account is too black and white..."

"I wouldn’t be surprised if this pacy and emotive story finds itself better suited to the screen..."

"Asking big questions, this is fantasy for those who like their violent horror breezily tempered by philosophy...."

"required reading for anyone who wants to understand the country that invented itself — and the modern world..."

"A film version must be on the cards..."

"The post-coronavirus world may not be one where high-end electronics will be so cheap to manufacture..."

"There’s too little that’s fresh here, and much of it is implausible..."

"these vivid passages feel like first-hand reportage..."

"Hillary Clinton’s life is brilliantly reimagined in Sittenfeld’s enjoyable sixth novel..."

"the chapters that resulted are tantalisingly powerful, but there are simply not enough of them — a fuller overhaul was arguably required..."

"His writing style may be as pompous as his reputation and as camp as his collection of designer kaftans, but such stories about the fashion greats make for perfect lockdown gossip..."

"It is interesting to see how pragmatically humane the navy could be, particularly in peacetime..."

"this ménage à trois is heartfelt, but should be messier..."

"The Snow White tales that Tatar presents here are not as slick as the confections of the Grimms and Disney...."

"Disrupting the world — from a small bedroom in Hounslow..."

"there is a nice symmetry to their stories..."

"The glorious details — lamprey cooking included — are what make it a pleasure..."

"Ireland’s Empire is a well-written, solid study of the politics of the Cullenite takeover of seven national churches..."

"A European arbitrator leading Middle East negotiations grieves for his wife in a low-key but profound novel about human frailty..."

"Readers will stay with Swarup for these vibrant creations, and for the depth of her insights..."

"entertaining, uplifting, and very likely to reach the broad audience it courts...."

"This atmospheric read is simply beautiful..."

"Read this astounding, mind-altering book, and I promise you you'll never look even at the mildew in the bathroom, the mould on your marmalade, or mushrooms in the supermarket in the same way again. ..."

"the chapters that resulted are tantalisingly powerful, but there are simply not enough of them — a fuller overhaul was arguably required..."

" Jackson’s writing crackles and sparks with startling insights and descriptions..."

" a madcap mashup described by the author as “Stranger Things in the French Revolution”..."

"A writer’s struggles in a remote corner of Scotland make for remarkable reading..."

"The post-coronavirus world may not be one where high-end electronics will be so cheap to manufacture..."

"a visceral tale of survival horror that takes some neat sideswipes at the paradoxes and pretensions of American liberalism..."

"these vivid passages feel like first-hand reportage..."

"A summer sizzler set in suburban Surrey..."

"many twists..."

"another perfectly executed legal thriller..."

"I wouldn’t be surprised if this pacy and emotive story finds itself better suited to the screen..."

"this ménage à trois is heartfelt, but should be messier..."

"There’s too little that’s fresh here, and much of it is implausible..."

"an ideal protagonist for our times, not a goddess but a detective of the domestic..."

"the real healing in this book seems to lie in Roberts’s gift for turning the stuff of the everyday into something so mesmerising that it lifts you into another realm..."

"His writing style may be as pompous as his reputation and as camp as his collection of designer kaftans, but such stories about the fashion greats make for perfect lockdown gossip..."

"(a) remarkable, enlightening book..."

"as exciting as anything Connelly has written..."

"Reading this marvellous diary leaves me with the impression that whatever the future holds, with young people like McAnulty coming to the fore it will be in safer hands..."

"A vivid and provocative gallop through history ..."

"anyone reading this engaging book will learn much and have pleasure in doing so...."

"Foster’s lively and eloquent book convinces us that provocative artistic interventions remain possible..."

"Readers will stay with Swarup for these vibrant creations, and for the depth of her insights..."

"In this compellingly candid set of autobiographical essays, the Iranian American author recalls ‘trying on and discarding selves’..."

"entertaining, uplifting, and very likely to reach the broad audience it courts...."

"Polesso’s writing is brisk and fresh, and she captures the bleak human comedy of the myriad ways we mess up when it comes to matters of the heart..."

"he core content is hair-raising and potentially life-saving...."

"Asking big questions, this is fantasy for those who like their violent horror breezily tempered by philosophy...."