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Review of "Snowdrops"
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on: 10 Apr 2011
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very good read - makes it clear from the begining where it will end, but manages to keep you reading along.
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rating of "Started Early, Took My Dog"
by: Roger
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on: 28 Mar 2011
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Review of "The Heart of Darkness"
by: Roger
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on: 11 Feb 2011
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Surprisingly un- explicit, story told as first person narration within a framing device (waiting for the tide to turn) but we never get to know Kurtz or what he has been doing at all - everything by allusion and hints, the dying "The horror, the ...
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rating of "The Secret Agent"
by: Roger
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on: 02 Feb 2011
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Review of "The Lacuna"
by: Roger
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on: 04 Dec 2010
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read on Kindle. ...
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Review of "The Help"
by: Roger
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on: 18 Aug 2010
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Written in three voices (maids Aibleen and Minny and the autor Skeeter) very engrosing and absorbing story. ...
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Review of "Candide"
by: Roger
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on: 07 Aug 2010
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On re-reading it comes across as very simplistic. ...
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Review of "Black Swan Green"
by: Roger
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on: 04 Aug 2010
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Engrossing and captivating both in picture of inter-child relationships (heirearchy of status etc) and view of adult relationships and wider social observation and comment (gypsies, Falklands etc)
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Review of "Transition"
by: Roger
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on: 02 Aug 2010
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Bank's sci-fi merges with his novels in a less than successful blend. ...
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rating of "Sex Lies and Handlebar Tape"
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on: 28 Jul 2010
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rating of "The War of Don Emmanuels Nether Regions"
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on: 18 Jun 2010
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Review of "Engleby"
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on: 08 Jun 2010
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Billed as a mystery thriller it wasn't really since it was very obvious that he had killed Jen within a page of it happening. ...
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rating of "Prosperity Without Growth"
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on: 04 Jun 2010
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rating of "Masai Dreaming"
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on: 01 Jun 2010
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rating of "Searching for the Sound"
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on: 14 May 2010
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Review of "The Cellist of Sarajevo"
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on: 11 May 2010
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A series of scenes with a thread running through theme following four principle characters moving through the damgerous city. ...
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rating of "The Spirit Level"
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on: 15 Apr 2010
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Review of "Consider Phlebas"
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on: 26 Mar 2010
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Although this is the first of the culture series, having read two others it seemed very formulaic An enjoyable enough read but not earth shattering.
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Review of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"
by: Roger
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on: 12 Feb 2010
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Quick and easy to read, slightly contrived format and ambiguous in its conclusion. ...
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rating of "Night Train to Lisbon"
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on: 05 Feb 2010
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Review of "A Most Wanted Man"
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on: 05 Jan 2010
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Gripping read right up until the end which was strangely unsatisfying - simplistic and arbitary
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Review of "The Road Home"
by: Roger
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on: 01 Jan 2010
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Very engrossing read, totally invoved in Lev's journey - and not everything comes right in the end which is quite satisfying.
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Review of "Matter"
by: Roger
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on: 21 Dec 2009
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All the grand sweep that you expect from these books with some interesting ideas (Shellworlds) and crosslinks between the mundane savage emerging civilisations and the overarching galactic Culture with hints of things beyond even that. ...
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Review of "When Will There Be Good News?"
by: Roger
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on: 09 Dec 2009
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Enjoyable read but perhaps too many cross linking plot lines interwoven to ever be fully satisfactory
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Review of "Against the Day"
by: Roger
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on: 03 Dec 2009
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The great Tristram Shandy updated and expanded to cover the lives and loves of the Traverse family scions of Webb the anarchist. ...
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