The Space Between the Stars: On love, loss and the magical power of nature to heal by Indira NaidooMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Sunday, February 19, 2023
Review: The Space Between the Stars: On love, loss and the magical power of nature to heal
The Space Between the Stars: On love, loss and the magical power of nature to heal by Indira NaidooMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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Sunday, January 1, 2023
Review: The Book of Form and Emptiness
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth OzekiMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Hearing voices. Sounds like a work day in my office. However, this is such an imaginative voice with heart warming push and pull of the mother son relationship - both mourning over the same person loss. Benny eventually finds friends he feels a belonging to. His mum finds relieve from the ties of objects to the past. It’s interesting that Benny heard the voice of objects and his mum’s hoarding is an equivalent- anthropologising human qualities to objects. It reveals the humanity of those cast aside by society.
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Review: The Low Road
The Low Road by Chris WomersleyMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
It’s a book very full with story. Every page something happens - someone dies or someone kills somebody. It’s not a mystery as there is no crime to solve but it kept me wondering what happened to him or her. The characters’ past are slowly revealed as the story progresses. I learnt about the author from the ABC book shelf podcast. It’s a page turner. But I did feel the last section, the killings and tortures seems unnecessary and doesn’t gives me any better understanding of Lee. It was just a little too many murders and deaths crammed in the last part of the book.
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Review: The Torrent
The Torrent by Dinuka McKenzieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Gripping with twist at every turn. It’s a page turner. Each detail is purposeful and has implications. It’s such a well planned plot.
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Review: Bewilderment
Bewilderment by Richard PowersMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
I liked the story overall but I felt it a bit too similar to flowers of algenon - which was also mentioned in the book. I felt Robyn a bit like greta thunberg on the spectrum… there is a sense of doom that runs through the story so the ending isn’t that unexpected although I still thought it would have been nicer to end on a happier note
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