Tag: adult historical fiction
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My Waitangi Day Read is Airana Ngawera’s The Last Living Cannibal
As soon as I heard Airana Ngawera was releasing another novel, I knew I had to get my hands on it. After several busy months of PhD work and an unfortunate bout of reader burnout, which resulted in me returning my library copy of The Last Living Cannibal unread, I managed to get my hands…
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I’ve Been Waiting All Year For Murder at Somerset House by Andrea Penrose
It may sound like an exaggeration, but it feels like I have been waiting all year for Murder at Somerset House, the ninth book in the Wrexford and Sloane mystery series by Andrea Penrose. I love this series, so much so I slowly add new releases to my bookshelf collection when the right print size…
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The Devastating Real Horror of The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
To think this occurred only thirty years ago. The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway is one of those reads that will haunt you, drawing out the darkest parts of modern history yet shedding a light on the hopeful, resilient acts of humanity that we as humans persist to partake in despite such atrocities. It…
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R.F. Kuang’s The Burning God Ripped My Heart Out
This militaristic political fantasy has run laps over my heart, giving it such pleasure with the rich description and detail of the story world, characters, and action, while also pummelling it to pieces because of said description, characters, and action. The Burning God is the third tier and the cherry on the top of the…
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Han Kang’s Human Acts Hits Deep
I have heard and seen many good things about Han Kang’s Human Acts, so much so I was expecting more people to have read it. While it isn’t an accurate metric for total number of reads, I was shocked to find less than fifty thousand people have read the translated works. From what I have…
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I DNFed The Dragon Republic Three Times But I Still Love It
I first time I read R.F. Kuang’s The Dragon Republic, I DNFed it three times. When I then had the time to read it, I fell in love with it. Now, having reread it without a DNF, my thoughts and feelings about the book have solidified. In short, it is intimidating, incredible, and leaves a…
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Undertaking Down Under in Deborah Challinor’s Black Silk and Sympathy
The cover got me to request this book from the library in the first place. Once I found out New Zealand author Deborah Challinor wrote Black Silk and Sympathy, I knew I needed to read it and do it quickly! What better concoction can you make up? Kiwi author, a historical fiction novel centred around…
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