Clever, moving story about UK boy being recruited to ISIS. Great characters, story starts with his sister in America. Interesting love story too. Big ending.

Enjoyable enough to read but I'm bored of the cult story and of reading about a male cult leader who controls and exploits. Would have continued reading it if it felt less familiar.

Stopped reading half way. He's an excellent writer but reading it is not fun cos you know what's coming and it's unpleasant. Similar vibe to Loaded.

Impact of ETA on 2 families in small town in basque country. Long with short chapters. Excellent read. One of my random library grabs just before lockdown. May 2020

Fun, easy to read ww2 female spy story. Third in a series, read others.

I liked the setting as I haven't read many books at in Gaza and you really get inside the characters head. He uses the story and characters really well to convey the culture and political situation. But at times I lost interest in the story and some of the dialogue is unconvincing, possibly this is a translation choice.

I love her. She also wrote commonwealth. She writes so well about relationships and families and makes you care so much about her characters. Brother and sister and their obsession with their childhood home and issues cos their mum left. Made me so angry at points. Read all her books!

Describes his time in Alice and in aboriginal communities learning about songlines and aboriginal culture, explores migration and nomadism. Some sections are all quotes and notes from his journals over the years. Idea that people developed tools to fight off predators. Sedentary life in towns made these into weapons used against other people because of scarcity of resources.

Feb 2020. Marlene dietrich, US Asian actress and nazi Germany film maker. Feminism, representation, power, fascism. Fun read. Interesting.

Feb 2020, great read, not as good as Circe, loses steam towards the end.

Amazing book

So good

Read Jan 2020.
So good. Want to read again.

Read Jan 2020
Loved.