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Bethnal Green by Amélie Skoda | book review
For this book about a Malaysian migrating to London in the 1970s, I write a critical book review, then criticise my own criticism
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë | book review
A feminist Victorian heroine in a gothic landscape by Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre’s willpower and self-assuredness is admirable and a soothing balm for…
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The Cat Who Saved the Library by Sōsuke Natsukawa | book review
Book bans and censorship meet a brave 13-year-old and a talking tabby cat in this sequel to a Japanese bestseller
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Piglet by Lottie Hazell | book review
Hunger and croquembouche as metaphors for women daring to demand more from life
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Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors | book review
Despite this seeming like a bad review, I adore this book on how not to love
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Diary of a Void by Emi Yagi | book review
A fake pregnancy subverts gender expectations and propels self-care in Japanese debut novel
Heartburn by Nora Ephron | book review
A ‘thinly disguised’ fictional account of Nora Ephron’s divorce—she is the witty, wise aunt we all need
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney | book review
Why this might be my last Sally Rooney book—brothers and unconventional relationships turn into indecision and ableism
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Mongrel by Hanako Footman | book review
Three young Japanese women untangling loss, connections with things they are missing, and reconciliation
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We Do Not Part by Han Kang | book review
A formidable account of a horrible history, steeped in brutal humanity and snow
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The Book of Goose by Yiyun Li | book review
A complex, symbiotic friendship between two girls at the end of their childhoods in the French countryside
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Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan | book review
A state-of-the-nation novel that lays bare the disparate parts of London society
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