Tag: book review

• we have always lived in the castle

  The story is told through the eyes of Mary Katherine ‘Merricat’ Blackwood, a botany loving eighteen-year-old with a serious case of what we first think is magical-delusion meets OCD. When her normal weekly routine is interrupted, she says: “I had nothing to do. I wondered about going down to the creek, but I had no…

  Betty

  19th Apr 2020

  book reviews, classic

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• boy swallows universe

  My whole self aches for Eli Bell, the young protagonist who navigates haphazardly through that time of life where parents are supposed to give us stability and care. Instead, Eli’s story includes a mute-by-choice brother (August), addicted and incarcerated parents, a murderer for a babysitter (Arthur ‘Slim’ Halliday), violent bullies as his play mates, a…

  Betty

  28th Mar 2020

  australian author, book reviews

  australian fiction, bettysbookclub, book review, boyswallowsuniverse, brisbane author, feature book, trentdalton

• maybe the horse will talk

  I didn’t realise that this book would so closely align with a prevailing news story this week, namely the conviction of the once untouchable Harvey Weinstein. Given this relevance, and the fact that Elliot Perlman is an Australian author, I’ve chosen Maybe the Horse Will Talk as my debut review…

  Betty

  29th Feb 2020

  australian author, book reviews

  australian fiction, book review, elliot perlman, maybe the horse will talk, melbourne fiction