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Review of "Harmony"
by: Roger
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on: 06 Mar 2016
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A really useful review of the state of things and what needs to be done - which identifies a return to a focus on relationship as the key. ...
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Review of "The Heart Goes Last"
by: Roger
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on: 06 Mar 2016
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Simply awful. ...
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Review of "The Man Who Went Up In Smoke"
by: Roger
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on: 04 Mar 2016
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Very pleasing, interesting characters and good plotline
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Review of "The Bone Clocks"
by: Roger
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on: 28 Feb 2016
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yes - first episode excelent (gravesend), second ok (cambridge), third worse (alps), writer tedious hack, then a bit of wierdness, and a coda that comes back to form.
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Review of "Crow Hollow"
by: Roger
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on: 25 Feb 2016
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Enjoyable read. ...
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Review of "No Picnic on Mount Kenya"
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on: 19 Feb 2016
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Engrossing story of three men coming together to defeat the ennui of prison camp life by undertaking an extraordinary challenge
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Review of "Edward Adrift"
by: Roger
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on: 16 Feb 2016
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Love the interior monologue and comentary through which the story is told. ...
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rating of "Pandaemonium"
by: Roger
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on: 07 Feb 2016
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Review of "The Night Circus"
by: Roger
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on: 18 Dec 2015
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Entertaining read which creates its own world (where physical magic can be practiced) set in turn of 19/20th Century. ...
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rating of "The Timeless Way of Building"
by: Roger
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on: 05 Dec 2015
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Review of "Mr Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Dec 2015
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Enjoyable, although it gets a bit single track towards the end
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Review of "Half of a Yellow Sun"
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on: 10 Oct 2015
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Excellent read. ...
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Review of "Seven Days in December"
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on: 27 Aug 2015
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Really good read.
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Review of "The Invisible Library"
by: Roger
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on: 21 Aug 2015
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Another book with a magical theme - why I am reading so many of these. ...
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Review of "The Shock of the Fall"
by: Roger
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on: 09 Aug 2015
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Brilliant read. ...
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Review of "The Ocean At The End Of The Lane"
by: Roger
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on: 02 Aug 2015
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Well rooted fantasy creates a believable sense of things happening just on the edge of perception that might be glimpsed by a seven year old boy but remain hidden from adults
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Review of "Elements of Resistance"
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on: 22 Jul 2015
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Very insightful and useful
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Review of "Dark Eden"
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on: 02 Jul 2015
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Beckett has created a totally alien but believable world as a backdrop against which a timeless drama is played out. ...
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Review of "The Last Citadel"
by: Roger
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on: 20 Jun 2015
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Ridiculous hokum. ...
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Review of "Snowblind"
by: Roger
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on: 13 Jun 2015
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Pretty good. ...
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Review of "Elizabeth Is Missing"
by: Roger
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on: 05 Jun 2015
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Convincing portrait of what it is like to live with progressive memory loss and the impact on those around
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Rating only "This Changes Everything" -1
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on: 02 Jun 2015
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Review of "Into the Wild"
by: Roger
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on: 26 Apr 2015
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McCandless is a really interesting story and seeker. ...
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Review of "History of the Rain"
by: Roger
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on: 12 Apr 2015
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Full of literary quotes and references and slightly self consciously poetic form of writing but none the worse for it. ...
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Review of "Elephant Moon"
by: Roger
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on: 28 Feb 2015
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Enjoyed reading it, slightly convoluted romance thread but the descriptions of the elephants and their relationships with each other and man very compelling.
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