Review Archive

Here you can find all of our past book reviews.

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Review of The Arena of the Unwell by Liam Konemann

i-D describes The Arena of the Unwell as "A sweaty, sticky mosh pit of a novel" and they got it exactly right. Liam Konnemann's debut is...

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Review of Women and Love by Miriam Burke

Miriam Burke's debut collection of 17 short stories is a love letter to women and how they love. Surprising in its breadth, this...

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Review of New Animal by Ella Baxter

Amelia loves her job as a beautician at her family's funeral home, but this is the only thing about herself that she is sure of....

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Review of Paul by Daisy LaFarge

Set across various destinations in the South of France, Lafarge’s atmospheric prose makes reading this debut novel feel like a holiday....

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Review of Safely Gathered In by Sarah Schofield

Sarah Schofield's debut short story collection is a stunning rumination on themes of family, motherhood, grief, difficult relationships,...

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Review of Larger than an Orange by Lucy Burns

1 in 3 UK women will have an abortion by the time they are 45 years old (British Pregnancy Advisory Service), this fact and the recent...

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Review of Send Nudes by Saba Sams

In this impressive debut, Sams has taken a magnifying glass to the nitty gritty of girlhood, and the result is a collection of stories...

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Review of The Other Half by Charlotte Vassell

For fans of crime novels, Charlotte Vassell is one to watch. Originally a lockdown project, you can tell Vassell's debut has had a lot of...

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Review of Love Me Tender by Constance Debre

Set in Paris, this debut is autofiction about a strained relationship between mother and son. When Constance's ex-husband takes her to...