literary fiction Archives

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

September 7, 2019 Amalia 0

A couple of years ago I read Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss and I loved it. I still remember how I felt while reading and that tells me that it was a great book. Remembering details like, plot twists and […]

Home Fire by Kamilla Shamsie

June 22, 2019 Amalia 0

This is one of those books which takes you by surprise and one you will never forget. It was a solid 3/5 stars for me until the very end which was so unexpected that I had to give it a […]

Cover of Ordinary People by Diana Evans and quote: 'How long will you go on living your life, as if you were balancing on a ribbon?'

Contemporary British Novel: Ordinary People by Diana Evans

May 30, 2019 Amalia 0

I read Ordinary People because it’s on the 2019 shortlist for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. This is a contemporary British novel set in South London detailing the lives of ordinary people. I expect extraordinary things especially since it made […]

The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

March 23, 2019 Amalia 0

This novel is a myth retelling of the Iliad from the perspective of Briseis, one of the many women taken as slaves, prostitutes, nurses and concubines by the conquering Greeks. Since I read this book late 2018 it has been […]

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

February 22, 2019 Amalia 0

Purple Hibiscus is the last book from Adichie’s back list novels I had left to read, and as I expected, I was not disappointed. There is something about Adichie’s writing that keeps me hooked and opens a floodgate of emotions. […]

Book cover of When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy and Quote:Sometimes the shame is not the beatings, not the rape. The shaming is in being asked to stand to judgment.

When I Hit You by Meena Kandasamy – or how to escape from domestic violence?

February 8, 2019 Amalia 0

Interested in books about domestic violence? Shortlisted for the 2018 Women’s Prize for Fiction, When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife is a traumatic story of domestic violence in modern India. Our narrator […]

cover of three historical fiction books, washington black by esi edugyan, the mermaid and mrs hancock by imogen hermes gowar and the essex serpent by sarah perry

Three Historical Fiction Books with a Twist of Magic

January 1, 2019 Amalia 0

Here I will explore three novels Booktube made me read, all hyped historical fiction books with a twist of magic. Historical fiction is not my go-to genre these days, especially not the ones with magical elements in them but I […]

BookTube Made Me Read It - myth retelling, mystery thriller, psychological literary fiction, covers of Circe by Madeline Miller, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, and Almost Love by Louise O'Neill

Books BookTube Made Me Read – Ep. 2

October 25, 2018 Amalia 0

Here is another set of three books BookTube made me read (see part one). This time I will be discussing three genres I don’t normally read. I have really enjoyed two of these, both of which I highly recommend, and […]

cover of Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward and quote: '[...] I understood [...], that getting grown means learning how to work that current: learning when to hold fast, when to drop anchor, when to let it sweep you up.'

Contemporary Literary Fiction: Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward

August 3, 2018 Amalia 0

This contemporary literary fiction with elements of magical realism is portraying a poor black African-American family living in a fictional town in Mississippi. It is a tragic story of struggle and hope. It is now! After days and days of […]

book review, book cover of tin man by sarah winman and quote: And I wonder what the sound of a heart breaking might be. And I think it might be quiet, unperceptively so, and not dramatic at all. Like the sound of an exhausted swallow falling gently to earth.

Review: Tin Man by Sarah Winman

June 15, 2018 Amalia 0

I started this book knowing that it has been praised and recommended by many and since it is a short one I decided to give it a go and see if it’s worth the hype. After reading it I find […]