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A quirky contemporary fable set in Swansea. From the author of five-star reviewed The Luck (2022) comes the eagerly awaited a modern fable about the human capacity to overcome the hand life deals us and start afresh.
Life has become stale for best friends Mackie and Sharon, who never imagined they'd end up working in a scrapyard. Sharon has dreams of becoming a cruise ship star, while a browbeaten Mackie cares for his wayward daughter's twins. But fate takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious kid is discovered in the boot of a car. He has a remarkable gift -- he can draw visions of the future, and this opens up new avenues that neither could have foreseen
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Praise for Kathy's previous book Biggs succeeds in tying all the missing pieces of the puzzle at the very end of the narrative, leaving the readers to brood on their miscalculations of outcome and on a pivotal, jaw-dropping moment of realisation. Here lies the creative genius of Biggs. Nation Cymru, Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh.
Life has become stale for best friends Mackie and Sharon, who never imagined they'd end up working in a scrapyard. Sharon has dreams of becoming a cruise ship star, while a browbeaten Mackie cares for his wayward daughter's twins. But fate takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious kid is discovered in the boot of a car. He has a remarkable gift -- he can draw visions of the future, and this opens up new avenues that neither could have foreseen
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Praise for Kathy's previous book Biggs succeeds in tying all the missing pieces of the puzzle at the very end of the narrative, leaving the readers to brood on their miscalculations of outcome and on a pivotal, jaw-dropping moment of realisation. Here lies the creative genius of Biggs. Nation Cymru, Chinyere Chukwudi-Okeh.
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302 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 29, 2023
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August 10, 2023
In a Nutshell: A literary fiction with shades of magical realism. Slow but so captivating! Loved the characters and the setting.
Story Synopsis:
Bookish Yays:
😍 The characters: realistic and relatable. Each of the main characters had something deeper going on in their life, and this affects their personality as well as decision-making. I loved how intricately the author sketched the characters without making them feel clichéd.
😍 A literary fiction at heart, the book is character-oriented, with the flow of the story entirely dependent on the actions of the characters. However, at no point do the actions seem contrived or pushed in just for the sake of a twist.
😍 I’ve never read a book set in a scrapyard and I enjoyed the dual relevance of the title, with the scrap being the content as well as the characters who view themselves as such. Though the book doesn’t focus much on the actual work at the yard, it is used decently enough in the plot.
😍 The story is set in Swansea, and the writing makes amazing use of the Welsh setting, right from the locations to the scenic descriptions. The author’s being Welsh adds a great genuineness to the portrayal.
😍 I enjoyed the magical realism elements in the story. They are more like garnishing than a central ingredient, but one that changes the tone of the plot. The magical bits are not overwhelming, and at the same time, they aren’t justified nor brushed aside as trivial. The boy is shown as confused about his “powers” but still using them to the best of his abilities. It sounds odd to say that something fantastical felt true to life, but it did!
😍 Through the backstories of the central characters, the book explores several serious themes, including mental health, death, guilt, and grief. In many ways, the novel feels like a coming-of-age story, though most of the characters are adults.
😍 What a treat to have a man and a woman shown as best friends and have not a single scene that hints at or leads towards romantic feelings, said or unsaid? I am so fed up of romance being shoved into every single non-romance book that this point deserves a special Yay.
Bookish Mixed Bags:
😐 I liked the ending but didn’t love it. It doesn’t forcefully tie together all the threads, but leaves most with a ray of hope. However, it felt a bit rushed, and a couple of incidents that I would have liked to read about directly were narrated only through another person’s pov. It wasn’t a bad ending at all, but I wanted more.
😐 While literary fiction is always on the slower side, I felt like the book sometimes forced a deliberate delay into the reveals. I can understand this happening at times in order to sustain the interest of the reader, but if it happens regularly, it can get a tad annoying. That said, the story has plenty of interesting scenes and doesn’t get repetitive. This kept me invested despite the lags.
Bookish Nays:
😟 One thing I really would have liked was to know the characters’ ages. Even after reading the whole book, I am not sure how old Mackie and Sharon were. The kid’s age is mentioned only in the final quarter, though I understand why his personal details were revealed with a delay. But for the rest of the characters, having some clue about their age helps us understand their thinking better.
😟 The start is a bit confusing as there are too many things happening but not enough of a backstory provided. It took me some time to get into the reading groove.
Bookish If Onlys:
😖 I felt so sorry for Mackie’s twin grandchildren. I wish I could write a different ending for their arc. (Nothing triggering happens to them; don’t worry. ‘Different’ is the key word.)
All in all, the issues I have with the story are quite minor. I was engrossed in this work and felt invested in the characters throughout. Though it appears to be a simple ‘found-family’ story, it goes deep into human nature and explores what it feels like to be free, not just of external influences but also of inner chains. I would love to read more by this author.
Definitely recommended to literary fiction lovers looking for an unusual story set in Wales and with underdog characters you will want to root for.
4.25 stars.
My thanks to Random Things Tours, Honno Press, and author Kathy Biggs for a complimentary copy of “Scrap”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
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Story Synopsis:
Mackie works in a Swansea scrapyard, while also taking care of his irresponsible daughter’s young twins. His best friend Sharon also works at the same scrapyard, while dreaming of becoming a singing sensation on a cruise liner.
One day, a teenaged boy is discovered in one of the scrapped cars. As Mackie is assigned to tag along with him in the ambulance to hospital, his fate is now interlinked to this strange young fellow, who has a mysterious ability of drawing visions from the future.
What does the future hold for Mackie, Sharon, and the kid they found?
The story comes to us from the third person limited perspective mostly of Mackie and the boy.
Bookish Yays:
😍 The characters: realistic and relatable. Each of the main characters had something deeper going on in their life, and this affects their personality as well as decision-making. I loved how intricately the author sketched the characters without making them feel clichéd.
😍 A literary fiction at heart, the book is character-oriented, with the flow of the story entirely dependent on the actions of the characters. However, at no point do the actions seem contrived or pushed in just for the sake of a twist.
😍 I’ve never read a book set in a scrapyard and I enjoyed the dual relevance of the title, with the scrap being the content as well as the characters who view themselves as such. Though the book doesn’t focus much on the actual work at the yard, it is used decently enough in the plot.
😍 The story is set in Swansea, and the writing makes amazing use of the Welsh setting, right from the locations to the scenic descriptions. The author’s being Welsh adds a great genuineness to the portrayal.
😍 I enjoyed the magical realism elements in the story. They are more like garnishing than a central ingredient, but one that changes the tone of the plot. The magical bits are not overwhelming, and at the same time, they aren’t justified nor brushed aside as trivial. The boy is shown as confused about his “powers” but still using them to the best of his abilities. It sounds odd to say that something fantastical felt true to life, but it did!
😍 Through the backstories of the central characters, the book explores several serious themes, including mental health, death, guilt, and grief. In many ways, the novel feels like a coming-of-age story, though most of the characters are adults.
😍 What a treat to have a man and a woman shown as best friends and have not a single scene that hints at or leads towards romantic feelings, said or unsaid? I am so fed up of romance being shoved into every single non-romance book that this point deserves a special Yay.
Bookish Mixed Bags:
😐 I liked the ending but didn’t love it. It doesn’t forcefully tie together all the threads, but leaves most with a ray of hope. However, it felt a bit rushed, and a couple of incidents that I would have liked to read about directly were narrated only through another person’s pov. It wasn’t a bad ending at all, but I wanted more.
😐 While literary fiction is always on the slower side, I felt like the book sometimes forced a deliberate delay into the reveals. I can understand this happening at times in order to sustain the interest of the reader, but if it happens regularly, it can get a tad annoying. That said, the story has plenty of interesting scenes and doesn’t get repetitive. This kept me invested despite the lags.
Bookish Nays:
😟 One thing I really would have liked was to know the characters’ ages. Even after reading the whole book, I am not sure how old Mackie and Sharon were. The kid’s age is mentioned only in the final quarter, though I understand why his personal details were revealed with a delay. But for the rest of the characters, having some clue about their age helps us understand their thinking better.
😟 The start is a bit confusing as there are too many things happening but not enough of a backstory provided. It took me some time to get into the reading groove.
Bookish If Onlys:
😖 I felt so sorry for Mackie’s twin grandchildren. I wish I could write a different ending for their arc. (Nothing triggering happens to them; don’t worry. ‘Different’ is the key word.)
All in all, the issues I have with the story are quite minor. I was engrossed in this work and felt invested in the characters throughout. Though it appears to be a simple ‘found-family’ story, it goes deep into human nature and explores what it feels like to be free, not just of external influences but also of inner chains. I would love to read more by this author.
Definitely recommended to literary fiction lovers looking for an unusual story set in Wales and with underdog characters you will want to root for.
4.25 stars.
My thanks to Random Things Tours, Honno Press, and author Kathy Biggs for a complimentary copy of “Scrap”. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
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Connect with me through:
My Blog | The StoryGraph | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter
August 8, 2023
It’s six o’clock in the morning and I’m sitting in bed crying. Not because I have to get up – I don’t – but because I just finished reading Scrap. Partly because I didn’t want it to end and partly because it did and it was sad, happy and emotional all at the same time.
What a book! All the main characters – Mackie, Sharon and Trev have their own back stories. They work together at Tranter’s Scrap Yard, which is where they discover the kid. He’s found in an old Merc at the top of a pile of cars, dehydrated and malnourished, because he’s been there for days. Thank goodness they didn’t crush the car.
The ambulance arrives and takes him to hospital, with Mackie accompanying him. For some reason Mackie feels compelled to visit him, even though he doesn’t know him. When he wakes the kid says ‘Oh it’s you.’ Mackie has no idea why.
As well as working at Tranter’s, Mackie’s best friend Sharon is a singer at a night club. She dreams of being discovered and performing on the cruise ships. All she has accomplished so far is a seedy affair with the club’s owner Barry, who is married, of course. Aren’t they always.
Trev lives with his mum Bertha, who is terrifying and Trev is terrified of her. But deep down he’s clever and a mine of useless information, though thanks to the kid’s visions, his knowledge is now becoming invaluable.
Other characters in Scrap are vividly brought to life – the kid’s criminal brother Marco, Tranter himself, his wife Arlene, and Mackie’s daughter Lauren, who dumps the twins on him whenever it suits her. And then disappears for days. They are all a bit larger than life.
But in the end, it’s all about the kid. He draws the future (remember Isaac Mendez in Heroes?), but the results are both realistic and often devastating.
Many thanks to @annecater for inviting me to be part of #RandomThingsTours
What a book! All the main characters – Mackie, Sharon and Trev have their own back stories. They work together at Tranter’s Scrap Yard, which is where they discover the kid. He’s found in an old Merc at the top of a pile of cars, dehydrated and malnourished, because he’s been there for days. Thank goodness they didn’t crush the car.
The ambulance arrives and takes him to hospital, with Mackie accompanying him. For some reason Mackie feels compelled to visit him, even though he doesn’t know him. When he wakes the kid says ‘Oh it’s you.’ Mackie has no idea why.
As well as working at Tranter’s, Mackie’s best friend Sharon is a singer at a night club. She dreams of being discovered and performing on the cruise ships. All she has accomplished so far is a seedy affair with the club’s owner Barry, who is married, of course. Aren’t they always.
Trev lives with his mum Bertha, who is terrifying and Trev is terrified of her. But deep down he’s clever and a mine of useless information, though thanks to the kid’s visions, his knowledge is now becoming invaluable.
Other characters in Scrap are vividly brought to life – the kid’s criminal brother Marco, Tranter himself, his wife Arlene, and Mackie’s daughter Lauren, who dumps the twins on him whenever it suits her. And then disappears for days. They are all a bit larger than life.
But in the end, it’s all about the kid. He draws the future (remember Isaac Mendez in Heroes?), but the results are both realistic and often devastating.
Many thanks to @annecater for inviting me to be part of #RandomThingsTours
July 4, 2024
A whimsical light read. One of those books that makes you sigh with contentment at the end.
It's never going to win a literary prize but it is such a good portrayal of the three downtrodden characters (Sharon, Mackie and Trev) working in a scrapyard for the constantly bad-tempered, foul-mouthed Mr. Tranter. Enter Riley, a 13-year-old boy with hidden talents....
There is humour, there is pathos, there are moments of high expectation and moments of despair.
Highly recommended as massage for an overworked brain!
It's never going to win a literary prize but it is such a good portrayal of the three downtrodden characters (Sharon, Mackie and Trev) working in a scrapyard for the constantly bad-tempered, foul-mouthed Mr. Tranter. Enter Riley, a 13-year-old boy with hidden talents....
There is humour, there is pathos, there are moments of high expectation and moments of despair.
Highly recommended as massage for an overworked brain!
August 3, 2023
In Scrap, by Kathy Biggs, we follow scrapyard worker Mackie, as well as his colleagues and friends Sharon and Trev, after a 13-year-old boy, Riley, is found living in one of the old cars.
Despite having a lot on his plate already, Mackie ends up in loco parentis when Riley leaves hospital, and the trio persuade Riley to open up about who he is and where he came from.
One thing they learn is that Riley can draw things that haven’t happened yet, in places he’s never been. This unusual gift helps all three of them face up to truths they’ve been avoiding, and make changes.
I very much enjoyed Scrap, particularly the interesting, down-to-earth characters, as well as the light humour that features throughout.
The author does a great job of telling an uplifting story and imparting positive messages – about being right where you’re meant to be, and the wisdom of making small, doable changes rather than trying to change everything overnight – while avoiding saccharinity.
She achieves this by furnishing Mackie and Riley especially with sad pasts and difficult present circumstances, and doesn’t stint when it comes to hard-hitting themes such as violence, alcohol and drugs, and suicide, which she writes sensitively about.
All four principal characters’ experiences, hopes, and dreams are revealed gradually, and this kept me turning the pages. I also loved the care and humour that runs through their interactions with one another.
Biggs additionally does well to keep Riley’s powers limited, and their effects on the other characters realistic. At the point of creation, Riley doesn’t know the what, when, or why of his drawings, so things aren’t made too easy.
In fact, a considerable chunk of the characters’ new understandings of themselves and each other come from thinking about what the images could mean, and their premature journeys to the locations together, rather than the scenes themselves when they come to pass.
As suggested above, the changes they ultimately choose to make are believeable and manageable, as opposed to radical and rapid.
The setting, time-frame, and overall tone make Scrap very different from Biggs’ previous novel, The Luck. I can’t wait to see what she brings out next!
Scrap is uplifting and heart-warming without being saccharine.
Despite having a lot on his plate already, Mackie ends up in loco parentis when Riley leaves hospital, and the trio persuade Riley to open up about who he is and where he came from.
One thing they learn is that Riley can draw things that haven’t happened yet, in places he’s never been. This unusual gift helps all three of them face up to truths they’ve been avoiding, and make changes.
I very much enjoyed Scrap, particularly the interesting, down-to-earth characters, as well as the light humour that features throughout.
The author does a great job of telling an uplifting story and imparting positive messages – about being right where you’re meant to be, and the wisdom of making small, doable changes rather than trying to change everything overnight – while avoiding saccharinity.
She achieves this by furnishing Mackie and Riley especially with sad pasts and difficult present circumstances, and doesn’t stint when it comes to hard-hitting themes such as violence, alcohol and drugs, and suicide, which she writes sensitively about.
All four principal characters’ experiences, hopes, and dreams are revealed gradually, and this kept me turning the pages. I also loved the care and humour that runs through their interactions with one another.
Biggs additionally does well to keep Riley’s powers limited, and their effects on the other characters realistic. At the point of creation, Riley doesn’t know the what, when, or why of his drawings, so things aren’t made too easy.
In fact, a considerable chunk of the characters’ new understandings of themselves and each other come from thinking about what the images could mean, and their premature journeys to the locations together, rather than the scenes themselves when they come to pass.
As suggested above, the changes they ultimately choose to make are believeable and manageable, as opposed to radical and rapid.
The setting, time-frame, and overall tone make Scrap very different from Biggs’ previous novel, The Luck. I can’t wait to see what she brings out next!
Scrap is uplifting and heart-warming without being saccharine.
August 9, 2023
This is the first book I've read by this author but definitely won't be the last!
I found the blurb so intriguing as the story combines gritty real life and mingles in a little magic.
Set in and around a Swansea scrapyard, Sharon and Mackie, best friends, struggle with their tough everyday lives.
When one day, they come across a kid hiding among the scrap - who has a special gift of being able to draw the future - they vow to protect him from whatever it is he's hiding from...
I loved the setting. I have a soft spot for Wales and Welsh fiction so I was already hooked before even getting into the story.
It took a few chapters to really get going as we are introduced to the characters but then I just couldn't put this book down.
The characters were so well thought out and presented that you just couldn't help living them. I loved the friendship that Sharon and Mackie had and the ability they had to support each other and encourage each to move on and start again.
Kathy's writing style was completely immersive and gripping and I was transported to Swansea for a very enjoyable journey.
I can't wait to read more by this author.
I found the blurb so intriguing as the story combines gritty real life and mingles in a little magic.
Set in and around a Swansea scrapyard, Sharon and Mackie, best friends, struggle with their tough everyday lives.
When one day, they come across a kid hiding among the scrap - who has a special gift of being able to draw the future - they vow to protect him from whatever it is he's hiding from...
I loved the setting. I have a soft spot for Wales and Welsh fiction so I was already hooked before even getting into the story.
It took a few chapters to really get going as we are introduced to the characters but then I just couldn't put this book down.
The characters were so well thought out and presented that you just couldn't help living them. I loved the friendship that Sharon and Mackie had and the ability they had to support each other and encourage each to move on and start again.
Kathy's writing style was completely immersive and gripping and I was transported to Swansea for a very enjoyable journey.
I can't wait to read more by this author.
August 2, 2023
It took me a little while to get into the story, but once I was hooked I was completely in it until the end!
It starts off as an unassuming story about a scrapyard worker who unintentionally becomes the guardian for a mysterious boy in his early teens. As the book goes on, though, we find out that they are each in their own way looking for their lost family, and they manage to help each other.
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The author doesn’t shy away from the difficult things in life, and all of the characters are presented with all of the complexities of real people. I was surprised by how much of the book was about mental health, but that was a perfect reflection of reality, where we never really know what another person is experiencing unless they choose to share it with us. The characters opened up to each other and, by extension, the reader, over the course of the book, which made for a very emotionally charged read at times.
I also loved seeing all these different characters, from all walks of life, be thrown together in unexpected ways. I think it can make for the most interesting stories, and in this case that is definitely true! The characters may not have been natural friends or allies, but they still created a family of a kind.
I received a free copy for review. All opinions are my own.
It starts off as an unassuming story about a scrapyard worker who unintentionally becomes the guardian for a mysterious boy in his early teens. As the book goes on, though, we find out that they are each in their own way looking for their lost family, and they manage to help each other.
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The author doesn’t shy away from the difficult things in life, and all of the characters are presented with all of the complexities of real people. I was surprised by how much of the book was about mental health, but that was a perfect reflection of reality, where we never really know what another person is experiencing unless they choose to share it with us. The characters opened up to each other and, by extension, the reader, over the course of the book, which made for a very emotionally charged read at times.
I also loved seeing all these different characters, from all walks of life, be thrown together in unexpected ways. I think it can make for the most interesting stories, and in this case that is definitely true! The characters may not have been natural friends or allies, but they still created a family of a kind.
I received a free copy for review. All opinions are my own.
May 27, 2024
Absolutely love this book! Magic realism in gritty Swansea! Kathy Biggs writes about the grind of life in a poetic way while maintaining wit and without being obscure - very difficult to achieve. For example: "He followed a tapering line of birds as they passed, silent and intent, nodded at a half-moon rising out of a bank of cloud, then lowered his gaze to the garden."
Scrap centres on three workers at a scrapyard, all broken by life in some way - but when a crisis comes, they support each other. The crisis comes in the shape of a 13 year old boy who has somehow survived in a car in the scrapyard for a whole week before he is found, in pretty bad shape. Gradually his story of abuse and heartbreak is revealed, as well as a special talent (the magic realism part). The scrapyard misfits band together to help him, because they are kind, and because it's a break from the boring daily routine.
The characters in this book have every reason in life to be bitter and destructive, as epitomised by the boy's minor criminal brother - but most of them are good hearted dreamers, muddling along as best they can. A scrapyard is an unlikely place to find "angels unawares" (that's a quote in the book), but here they are. Ultimately, this book is about finding love and kindness and friendship, and that warmed my heart, even though Kathy Biggs is completely unsentimental about her lonely, lost characters.
Scrap centres on three workers at a scrapyard, all broken by life in some way - but when a crisis comes, they support each other. The crisis comes in the shape of a 13 year old boy who has somehow survived in a car in the scrapyard for a whole week before he is found, in pretty bad shape. Gradually his story of abuse and heartbreak is revealed, as well as a special talent (the magic realism part). The scrapyard misfits band together to help him, because they are kind, and because it's a break from the boring daily routine.
The characters in this book have every reason in life to be bitter and destructive, as epitomised by the boy's minor criminal brother - but most of them are good hearted dreamers, muddling along as best they can. A scrapyard is an unlikely place to find "angels unawares" (that's a quote in the book), but here they are. Ultimately, this book is about finding love and kindness and friendship, and that warmed my heart, even though Kathy Biggs is completely unsentimental about her lonely, lost characters.
August 19, 2023
I won't lie, this took me a while to get into , but I persevered and I am so relieved that I did as it morphs into one of the loveliest books I have read this year. The strength and love of friendship and second chances is paramount throughout the book and the story is told in such a way as to make you feel you know each of the characters personally.
It is poignant that the hub for the setting is a scrap yard where cars past their best end their days as scrap and not important which is many ways is symbolic as to how some of the characters feel. Riley and his gift of going into " the white room" and drawing images from the future which can help both himself and others is the main link throughout and , no pun intended, is a novel idea.
This is a book that makes you look at where you are in life and where do you want it to go. It will tug at your heart strings, it will make you want to shake some of the characters at times, but most of all you will see humanity at its best; warts and all .
A huge 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read from me.
It is poignant that the hub for the setting is a scrap yard where cars past their best end their days as scrap and not important which is many ways is symbolic as to how some of the characters feel. Riley and his gift of going into " the white room" and drawing images from the future which can help both himself and others is the main link throughout and , no pun intended, is a novel idea.
This is a book that makes you look at where you are in life and where do you want it to go. It will tug at your heart strings, it will make you want to shake some of the characters at times, but most of all you will see humanity at its best; warts and all .
A huge 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 read from me.
July 31, 2023
I enjoyed this much more than I initially expected it. I liked the sound of the blurb, and the story sounded right up my street. The first 30 pages were a bit confusing as the characters were getting established, but after that, I could not put the book down. I finished it in a day. I became very engrossed in the stories of Mackie, Sarah, Rylie and Trev. Each character has been dealt a really rough hand, but through friendship, and a bit of magic (or angles), they all find it in themselves to start again and move on with their lives. I adored their strong friendships and their willingness to move on and take risks. Each character had secrets that kept them town and tied to the past, but Riley’s gift helped them all move on.
A fantastic read and I cannot wait to pick up more from this author.
A fantastic read and I cannot wait to pick up more from this author.
January 30, 2024
I read this for Book Group, having had the privilege of meeting Kathy Biggs when she came to our group meeting to discuss her first novel, The Luck. It’s hard to believe both books are by the same writer. Both are excellent but so different. Scrap kept me riveted all the way through. A heart warming tale of human goodness involving ordinary people. ‘The Kid’ however is far from ordinary, and the effect he has on those he becomes involved with changes lives. It’s a book I will read again.
May 14, 2024
Loved this book! The author made it easy for me to become invested in the characters, and I felt I was living the story with them. I raced through it as I was anxious to find out what happened to them all. I had it from the library but I've just downloaded it on Kindle as I'll definitely want to read again at a more leisurely pace.
November 8, 2024
Hard to get into but I enjoyed it after about half way through.
September 14, 2023
Very pacy and exciting but absolutely glowing with warmth and humanity. Loved it!
August 9, 2023
For years, Mackie has worked at the scrap yard. Despite working with his best friend, Sharon, life has fallen flat for Mackie. Til one day, a boy goes missing and is found at the top of a scrap heap. Bruised and beaten up, but with extraordinary abilities! Little does he know, the boy has been watching him all this time...
From a deep conversation in the hospital ward to breathtaking drawings in a scrapbook, the characters are led on a journey of friendship, real life struggles with a hint of magic.
I found this book hard to get into, but I was hooked from about halfway in. It hits on some triggering topics, but the I was intrigued to find out more!
From a deep conversation in the hospital ward to breathtaking drawings in a scrapbook, the characters are led on a journey of friendship, real life struggles with a hint of magic.
I found this book hard to get into, but I was hooked from about halfway in. It hits on some triggering topics, but the I was intrigued to find out more!
February 20, 2025
An interesting story of unfolding events and revelations about characters centred on the discovery of a boy in a car in a wrecking yard. The complexities of characters and situations keep it real.
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