Elinor Perry-Smith
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forthright and beautifully written. Intelligent, forthright and painfully honest, this book reflects Lynn Barber’s interviewing style perfectly. I would also think this was an excellent primer for anyone entering journalism. |
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| Not quite as good as the Storm Lord but enjoyable nonetheless. Grown up fantasy with vivid characters. | |
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| I really enjoy the breadth of ideas in the Dune cycle of books. Not least because of the inherent nihilism. The characters are always stuck in this cycle of power politics. | |
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| I love the pace at which this is written and also its multiple points of view. Fry is particularly skilled at hiding her villains in plain sight. This story made me wince, not just in what happened to the little boy with learning disabilities, but in ...more | |
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| This absorbing book is easy to read yet straightforward and tells it like it is. I enjoyed the inclusion of modern series like Fleabag and PeakyBlinders and Yvonne's stories about her own past work. I thought the section with the words from current w ...more | |
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| Disclaimer alert: I hardly ever read crime stories but someone sent me this book so I gave it a go. It's fair to say that there is something for everyone here. All the stories carry music in them. My personal favourite was Taxi! by Chris Simms, told ...more | |
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| The minute I read the author’s acknowledgement to his storytelling ancestors, I felt I was going to like this book. The thirst for stories has not abated with the millennia. We seek to understand ourselves and the cultures within which we live by the ...more | |
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“Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.”
― Kindred
― Kindred
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