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Category Archives: Book Review
The Absolute Book by Elizabeth Knox – 2019
Taryn Cornick is a lover of libraries, a valuer of ‘just in case knowledge’, and an observer: “She was always studying the world, not rapt or curious, but patient and dutiful, as if the world was something she’d paid good … Continue reading
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The Julian Calendar by William Henry – 2018
A year in the life of a young man, Daniel Jamieson, as he recovers from a love affair, befriends an older man, and has various other romantic experiences. Daniel had a ‘love of my life’ relationship with Bridget, an Australian … Continue reading
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The Fell by Robert Jenkins – 2019
This is an extraordinary novel, a bildungsroman set for the most part in a boarding school reminiscent of Gormenghast, where an unnamed narrator makes his way in a community of violent, abandoned teenaged boys. The Fell is short for Feallan … Continue reading
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When it All Went to Custard by Danielle Hawkins – 2019
What a delightful book. Jenny’s neighbour Andrew seeks her out to tell her he has found her husband in bed with his wife – the rest of the book deals with the fall out of this infidelity. It is an … Continue reading
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One for Another by Andrea Jacka – 2018
One for another is a classic Western set in Idaho in the 1880s. It is full of great characters, balances colonial racism with the recognition of indigenous wisdom and is also a cracker of a murder mystery. The novel introduces Hennessey … Continue reading
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The Lost Dead by Finn Bell – 2019
The lost dead is a psychological thriller, not at all lacking in thrills but also working hard to round out the characters: the Rarua brothers, young Sophie, Eustus Grey and her fellow cops, and the psychopath: Charles Atkins – The … Continue reading
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The Nancys by R.W.R. McDonald – 2019
A small-town murder mystery with lots of suspects, dull police, amateur sleuths, a bundle of local secrets and lashings of glitter. Tippy Chan is 11 and living in Riverstone, South Otago: “Main Street was busy today … I counted seven … Continue reading
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