Tim Burton – The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories [REVIEW]

October 8, 2024
Authors A-E (By Surname)Poetry

Title: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Author: Tim Burton

Type: Poetry

Page Count/Review Word Count: 115

Rating: 3/5

This book is one of those that I’ve heard a lot of good things about and I’m not really sure why. If it had been written by anyone except for Tim Burton, it would have passed by unnoticed.

It’s fine, I guess. Some quirky poems with illustrations to go with them in a way that feels very Burton, which might be part of my problem. I’ve never really liked his stuff, and this book is a pretty good example of why.

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Paula Hawkins – Blind Spot [REVIEW]

October 8, 2024
Authors F-J (By Surname)Fiction

Title: Blind Spot

Author: Paula Hawkins

Type: Fiction

Page Count/Review Word Count: 125

Rating: 3.5/5

This book is part of the Quick Reads scheme, the idea of which is to encourage people who don’t read too much to spend a little more time with a book in their hands.

As you’d expect from Paula Hawkins, this is a twisty and turny read with plenty of intrigue which does pretty much everything you might look for from a contemporary thriller novel. We start out with a murder and we go from there.

The thing that impressed me here is that Hawkins was able to weave in a story line from the past alongside what was going on in the present. Nice!

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