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Showing posts with label Author G. Show all posts

05 August 2025

01 July 2025

The Tiger's Share ~ Keshava Guha


 I love books set in India ... but not this one.

Overly flat descriptions of suburbs of Delhi that still did't bring it to life.

Characters that were written on paper but few had life breathed into them.

Plot had such good potential ... the privileged position of males in India clashing with the achievements of modern women ... but it backed away at the end with capitulation to the male ego.

04 June 2025

Isola ~ Allegra Goodman


 Based on a true story.


Took a while leading up to her being marooned and would have liked a similar section after her rescue.

06 April 2025

Heartwood ~ Amity Grange


 ****

Light but gets you in with fast pace, descriptive location, good POV characters 

05 February 2023

Lessons in Chemistry ~ Bonnie Garmus


 **** Liked it a lot, but would be mindful of who I recommended it to


Keeping the little woman in her place ... no ... turn a cooking show into an empowering lesson in chemistry



01 January 2023

Olga Dies Dreaming ~ Xochitl Gonzalez


 ****


Not a pageturner, but keen to know what happened in the many subplots
Many subplots, well differentiated characters, great political background

01 September 2022

Treacle Walker ~ Alan Garner

 

Not For Me


Any "deeper meaning" was overcoated in gobbledygook