Trigger warning for interpersonal violence. Cora will never know what might have happened if she […]
Strange Sally Diamond, by Liz Nugent
I’ve put off writing this review because, even though I finished it nearly a week […]
The Nothing Man, by Catherine Ryan Howard
Trigger warning for rape. The Gardaí called him the Nothing Man because they had nothing […]
The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue
I suspect that many readers and reviewers will focus on the prescience of Emma Donoghue’s […]
Night Boat to Tangier, by Kevin Barry
Every now and then, I’ll pick up a book and it feels like I’ve gone […]
The Secret Place, by Tana French
Imagine a thermometer. At the bottom at the people we consider acquaintances. We say hi […]
Himself, by Jess Kidd
The prologue to Jess Kidd’s horribly magical novel, Himself, is brutal. It was almost enough […]
Faithful Place, by Tana French
Detective Frank Mackey has been happily (more or less) avoiding his past for more than […]
The Taste of Empire, by Lizzie Collingham
It’s not unusual for me to have mixed emotions while reading a book. Some books […]
The Witch Elm, by Tana French
About a third of the way through The Witch Elm, by Tana French, I started to […]