Is love a neutral force, or inherently exploitative?
Tag: Contemporary
Review: The Stone Sky by N. K. Jemisin
The rich, complicated conclusion to N. K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy.
Review: The Seven Moons Of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka
Photojournalist and gambler Maali Almeida is dead. He wakes with no memory in a white waiting room where Helpers try … More
Review: Waypoints by Adam Ouston
A soaring novel that conjures awe and wonder.
Review: Root And Branch by Eda Gunaydin
A compelling search for origins.
Review: Hydra by Adriane Howell
A many-headed mystery of a novel.
Review: Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
A vast, “open-wound theatre” that peers deep into a continent’s soul.
Review: Boulder by Eva Baltasar (translated by Julia Sanchez)
A juicy domestic horror.
Review: Little Plum by Laura McPhee-Browne
A beautiful and tender novel of becoming a mother.
Review: Shirley by Ronnie Scott
Ronnie Scott renders pre-pandemic life scintillatingly strange.
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