Category: Review
“Needs trigger warnings” – Coming Undone by Terri White
“Classic Hornby” – Just Like You by Nick Hornby
“Lies on the right side of excellent” – Alligator and Other Stories by Dima Alazayat
“We liked it more than we expected to” – Here We Are by Graham Swift
“Reflective and moving” – The Disconnect by Roisin Kiberd
“As perfect a debut as you’re likely to get” – Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart #booker2020
“Immediately recognisable” – My Phantoms by Gwendoline Riley
“A beautiful act of sympathy and understanding” – Philip Roth – The Biography by Blake Bailey
“A skilfully shadowed story” – Bitterhall by Helen McClory
“The Puzzling Place” – Subdivision by J Robert Lennon
“An absolute must” – Let Me Think by J Robert Lennon
“Brutal” – How Much of These Hills is Gold is C Pam Zhang #booker2020
“Fascinating insight” – Undreamed Shores by Frances Larson
“Very brave and frail and hopeful” – We Are Attempting to Survive Our Time by AL Kennedy
“Tells us only one thing, and that, intensely” – Hollow in the Land by James Clarke
“Has the immediacy, depth, and honesty of memoir” – Rabbits for Food by Binnie Kirshenbaum
“It’s no that shite being Scottish, Irvine” – The Young Team by Graeme Armstrong
“A must-read” – The High House by Jesse Greengrass
“Well worth reading” – The Happy Traitor by Simon Kuper
“A surprisingly enjoyable read” – This Book Could Fix Your Life by Helen Thornton
“Could well be a great lost Bukowski masterpiece” – Sing Backwards & Weep by Mark Lanegan
“Does what it does really well” – Redhead by the Side of the Road by Anne Tyler #booker2020 #longlist
“We’d hoped for more” – August by Callan Wink
“It feels like there is truth here” – Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell #womensprize2020
“Doesn’t quite reach the heights” – Dark Sky by CJ Box
“Ah, but it’s a lovely, lovely book” – The Liar’s Dictionary by Eley Williams
“Only the world remains, only time endures” – Notes from an Apocalypse by Mark O’Connell
“Believe the hype” – The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
