Modern and Muslim reimagining of Pride & Prejudice. Hits the right notes with humour and characters but too many similarities with the original for my liking.
Tag: Three stars
There Was Still Love
Read it for the haunting visuals of Prague and spark and joy of growing up with immigrant parents / grandparents who suffered much so their family could have better.
Daughter of Smoke & Bone
I’ve been looking forward to reading this book for a few months now after I read a glowing review from Emily May on Goodreads. I wasn’t disappointed but I wasn’t blown away either.
The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart has a lot of my life choices to answer for. This book however, I picked up because I adore Katherine Hepburn and I recalled her… Read more “The African Queen”
Troy
Troy by Adele Geras I was expecting so much from this book. Recreations of the lives of people affected by the Trojan War, perhaps a different account… Read more “Troy”
Beastly
A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from… Read more “Beastly”
The Crossing
This is a great debut novel. The characters are believable, the cliches are absent and to some extent inverted and the location is eerie enough to host… Read more “The Crossing”
The Eyre Affair
This is one of those popular books that if you haven’t read, you must have heard about. Meet Thursday Next, a detective in a world that is… Read more “The Eyre Affair”
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