Usually a book can be allocated its genre within a moment of reading the blurb and glancing at the jacket. But then there’s The Shining Girls, which gleefully refuses to pick a genre box to sit in, and decides that it will timeshare in several.
Review of Apocalypse Now Now by Charlie Human
We meet with Boer War-era psychics, half-springbok boys, inter-dimensional gatekeepers and a pirate queen armed with Uzis.
The Unnecessary Elevation of Fanfiction: The Announcement of Kindle Worlds
All Body Glitter and No Gold – Review of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
Review of ‘White Dog Fell From The Sky’ by Eleanor Morse
A book that deals with apartheid will always tread on treacherous ground – who has the right to write about… Read more Review of ‘White Dog Fell From The Sky’ by Eleanor Morse
Review of Folly by Jassy MacKenzie
Folly will doubtlessly be sold on the sex angle alone: in the glut of post-Shades erotica, it is a shining example… Read more Review of Folly by Jassy MacKenzie
Feminism Isn’t a Hobby
Today, people will be wearing black in some kind of attempt to soothe their consciences about the appalling treatment of… Read more Feminism Isn’t a Hobby
Review of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis arrived with a great deal of literary street cred: it had been recommended… Read more Review of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie by Ayana Mathis
Movie Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
Arguably, one cannot make a film about slavery without making a comment on it, and neither can one star a… Read more Movie Review: Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained
Criticism of The Fifty Shades Trilogy: Smackdown Round-up
I refuse to accept that there are better things for me to do with my time than round up all the best criticism of Fifty Shades of Fail. I could be saving kittens from trees, probably. However, if I could I would use this post to raise money for all the women that end up in abusive relationships like the one described in Shades of Black and Blue.
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