Reviews

Featured reviews

The Quarry
Iain Banks
Review by Sophie Yeo

The Quarry is the final novel of the late Scottish writer Iain Banks.

Latest reviews

Carver's Quest
Nick Rennison
Review by Ben Peel

Nick Rennison’s Carver’s Quest is an old-fashioned rollicking Boys Own Adventure-style story set in 1870, when the British Empire was at its height.

Letters to a Young Scientist
Edward O. Wilson
Review by Jonathan Ruppin

While figures such as David Attenborough, Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Brian Cox have provoked a fascination with science in many young minds, the next step, converting that nascent passion into a true

Consolations of the Forest
Sylvain Tesson
Review by John Lloyd

In 2010 Sylvain Tesson provided himself with the opportunity of creating a travel book with very little travel in, as he hunkered down in solitude in a very remote cabin alongside the Siberian Lake

The Modern Peasant
Jojo Tulloh
Review by Sally Hughes

Inspired by Patience Grey’s Honey from a Weed, a cult classic in cookery circles, Jojo Tulloh seeks to connect with her inner peasant exploring different ways the urban dweller can become

The Woman Upstairs
Claire Messud
Review by Adam Ley-Lange

In a breathless primal scream of a first paragraph, primary school teacher Nora Eldridge lets the reader know that she is very, very angry.

Deer Island
Neil Ansell
Review by Victoria Best

Deer Island, a hybrid of nature writing, travelogue and memoir, starts from time in Neil Ansell's life when he worked in London for a charity, The Simon Community, dedicated to helping the

Dot
Araminta Hall
Review by Alex Wolf

Dot is an unusual novel which will sweep those who loved I Capture The Castle off their feet.

Most viewed

The Dove Keepers
Alice Hoffman
Review by Claire Stewart
Be the Worst You Can Be
Charles Saatchi
Review by Kirsty Logan
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again
Frank Cottrell Boyce
Review by Nick Money
  • x
  • x