Book Review - Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
‘Boy Swallows universe’ by Trent Dalton is an exuberant, wild ride of a book that grips you from the start and doesn’t let go.
Book Review - Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver’s updating of ‘David Copperfield’ is transposed to the modern day American South, told in the first person with exuberance and wit, is about surviving grinding poverty.
Book Review - Ordinary Grace - William Kent Krueger
Frank Drumm looks back at a summer 40 years previously in a sleepy Minnesota town, when the discovery of a young boys body was to be the start of a fateful summer that would have an impact on his life. A well written and engaging thriller.
Book Review - Tennis Lessons - Susannah Dickey
Raw, funny and painfully honest story that follows the life of a young woman from childhood until adulthood. A strong coming of age debut from another talented Irish writer.
Book Review - Before my heart actually breaks - Tish Delaney
Funny and moving story about Mary Rattigan, a young Irish woman with plans who finds life taking a different turn. Engaging storytelling with lyrical prose.
Book Review - The Raptures - Jan Carson
Jan Carson’s book is about a mysterious illness affecting a group of school children in the North of Ireland in the nineties. Sometimes dark, sometimes hilarious, it’s an incredibly readable book that looks at belief, family, community and trauma.
Book Review - Shuggie Bain - Douglas Stuart
It seems that everyone has read Shuggie Bain by now so I thought it was about time I posted my review on an incredibly immersive novel that is gritty and depressing, but also about survival and love.
