REVIEW: The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

Tweet Stevie‘s review of The Parisian by Isabella Hammad Historical Literary Fiction published by Grove Press 09 Apr 19 I’m always keen to read history told from different points of view, particularly those we don’t often get to hear in the mainstream history...

REVIEW: 99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai

Tweet Stevie‘s review of 99 Nights in Logar by Jamil Jan Kochai Afghan-American Literary Fiction published by Viking 22 Jan 19 I love unreliable or conflicting narrators and I’m a great fan of stories within stories. As I’m also trying to read stories by a more...

REVIEW: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

Tweet Stevie‘s review of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward African American Magical Realism Literary Fiction published by Scribner 05 Sep 17 I loved Jesmyn Ward’s first book, which was finally published in the UK last year, and was very keen to read more of...

REVIEW: Women by Chloe Caldwell

Tweet Stevie‘s review of Women by Chloe Caldwell Lesbian Literary Fiction published by Fourth Estate 08 Mar 18 In spite of this book’s uninspiring cover and its less-than-helpful blurb, I decided to give it a chance. After all, it was being re-released by a...

REVIEW: Peculiar Ground by Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Tweet Stevie‘s review of Peculiar Ground by Lucy Hughes-Hallett Historical Literary Fiction published by Harper 09 Jan 18 Literary fiction and I have a somewhat uneasy relationship. I love elegant prose when it fits with the story being told, although I dislike...