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Review of "The Quality of Silence"
by: Roger
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The Quality of Silence
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on: 01 Apr 2018
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Voice of the girl good, but mother a bit annoying and some of the plot a bit in-credible and some of it a bit obvious. ...
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Review of "Guns, Germs and Steel"
by: Roger
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on: 17 Mar 2018
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Very interesting and compelling account. ...
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Review of "The Moth Snowstorm"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Mar 2018
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Good mixture of personal anecdote and factual information. ...
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rating of "Turtles All The Way Down"
by: Roger
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on: 22 Feb 2018
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Review of "When We Were Orphans"
by: Roger
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on: 04 Feb 2018
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A strangely disturbing story that starts simple enough but told in the voice of a what we see as an increasingly delusional narrator veers into fantasy nightmare dreamworld. ...
Full review 169 words
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Review of "Waging Heavy Peace"
by: Roger
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on: 19 Jan 2018
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Writing style rather reminded me of Donald Trump's tweets. ...
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Review of "The History of Bees"
by: Roger
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on: 14 Jan 2018
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Excellent, engrossing, page-turning, thought provoking.
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Review of "Lilac and Flag"
by: Roger
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on: 28 Dec 2017
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Yes, a fitting conclusion to the poetic trilogy - more down to earth than once in Europa and a more linear narrative than either Europa or Pig Earth.
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Review of "The Left Hand of Darkness"
by: Roger
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on: 02 Dec 2017
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Supposedly has a strong feminine sub-text which I didn't get at all - perhaps we take it for granted now and its not so odd to write about a world where there is no difference between the sexes (even if ours is still not like that)
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Review of "A Delicate Truth"
by: Roger
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on: 09 Nov 2017
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Greatly enjoyed this
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Review of "Things We Never Said"
by: Roger
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on: 15 Oct 2017
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Enjoyed this a lot whilst reading - presses lots of buttons for a bloke in a long term relationship. ...
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Review of "A Good Man in Africa"
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on: 13 Oct 2017
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Billed as a comedy I think he was trying to do a "Scoop" but without the comic sense of Waugh. ...
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rating of "The Secret Pilgrim"
by: Roger
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on: 11 Oct 2017
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Review of "The Silent Boy"
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on: 08 Oct 2017
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Enjoyed it. ...
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Review of "The Childrens Book"
by: Roger
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The Childrens Book
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on: 25 Aug 2017
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Interminable. ...
Full review 67 words
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Review of "The Martian"
by: Roger
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on: 10 Aug 2017
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Really compelling read. ...
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Rating only "Things Fall Apart" -1
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on: 09 Aug 2017
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Rating only "Mystery Teachings from the Living Earth" -1
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on: 08 Aug 2017
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Review of "Dark Matter"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Aug 2017
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see also The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August (as good) and The Shining Girls (very poor) for similarish themes.
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rating of "Station Eleven"
by: Roger
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Station Eleven
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on: 01 Aug 2017
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Review of "Zen & The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance"
by: Roger
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on: 15 Jul 2017
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Re-reading after 40 years still fascinating discussion of the nature of quality and value. ...
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Review of "The Little Red Chairs"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Jul 2017
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It was good for the first two thirds and I enjoyed it while reading but ultimately a bit unsatisfactory.
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Review of "The Luminaries"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Jul 2017
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Excellent weaving of mystery and tale. ...
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rating of "The Fire Engine That Disappeared"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Jul 2017
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rating of "Blackout"
by: Roger
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Blackout
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on: 15 Jun 2017
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