Tag: literary fiction
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Review – Dust Child – Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
Four seemingly unconnected individuals find their lives crossed across Vietnam as they wouldn’t have imagined. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai has done it again, Dust Child is absolutely stunning.
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Review – Maame – Jessica George
After always being to go to person in her family, Maame is finally taking control of her life, but it doesn’t come easy. One of the best debut’s I’ve read, literary lovers will adore this.
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Review – Jaded – Ela Lee
Jade has everything she’s wanted and worked hard for, but a work encounter threatens to uproot all of that. A dark but brilliantly written read, I couldn’t put it down.
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Review – Yellowface – Rebecca F. Kuang
June Hayward stole Athena Liu’s manuscript after her shock death and is publishing it herself, she finally feels like she’s getting everything she wanted.. until people start asking questions. A brilliant book to spark conversation, it is literary genius.
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Review: Bellies – Nicola Dinan
Tom and Ming meet during their university years but post university reality sets in for them and hits hard as their relationship is put to the test. This is such beautiful and delicate story telling and I’m blown away.
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Books for the Girls – Feminine Rage
Books for the girls is inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence, which looks at the experience of womanhood through many lenses and was just brilliant. Up next is ne of my favourite themes: feminine rage, but I’m expanding it slightly.
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Books for the Girls – Books to Break You
Books for the girls is inspired by Monika Radojevic’s A beautiful lack of consequence, which looks at the experience of womanhood through many lenses and was just brilliant. Up first is books that will break you (and maybe your heart too) but will put you back together again.
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Review – Against the Loveless World – Susan Abulhawa
Imprisoned and waiting to hear from one person, Nahr tells her story of occupied Palestine and resistance. Harrowing and hard-hitting, this book packs a punch.
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Review: Someday, Maybe – Onyi Nwabineli
Worlds fall apart after a death in the family but with accusing in laws, the pain won’t go away. One of the best books on grief that I’ve ever read.
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Review: A Woman is No Man – Etaf Rum
Multiple generations uphaul lives for the hope of more, but hope isn’t always enough. Literary perfection, just trust me and read it.
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Review: The Moon Represents My Heart – Pim Wangetechawat
In a family of time travellers, each member’s travel has certain rules but each finds their own stories within their talent. This is a beautiful book of love and loss that has stayed with me throughout the years, a must read.
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Review – Wandering Souls – Cecile Pin
Three siblings make the treacherous journey out of Vietnam in the hopes of finding the American dream. This is a literary debut that blew me away.
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Review – No Small Thing – Orlaine McDonald
This is a tale of the hardships of motherhood and the pains of today’s world. A brilliant debut and one I know a lot of people need to read.
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Review – The Things That We Lost – Jyoti Patel
When losses in the family are hidden under the rug, cracks form and secrets start to spill. This is a literary fiction you need on your shelves.
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Review: All the Truths Between Us – Liz Amos
Inseparable friends re-evaluate what life looks like apart from one another. A heartfelt literary novel that will set up camp in your heart. Get this on your TBR!
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Fever Dream Literary Fictions
I hope that with this title you know exactly what I’m talking about; the book that begins with mayhem and continues all the way through. Each chapter adds more chaos to the mix and crescendos into a dramatic finish. The pacing is high but the havoc is higher.
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Review: This Motherless Land Nikki May
A modern day retelling of Mansfield Park, set between the UK and Lagos, guaranteed to pull on your heartstrings. The perfect Summer read.
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Favourite of 2023 Reads – Literary
Literary is one of those genres that can really make you feel. You can be following a story similar to yours or one that couldn’t be more different, but you’ll follow those characters and laugh and cry with them.
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