It's my spot on the Random Things blog tour for The Women Could Fly - it's a short but slippery novel and I found myself wavering back and forth between different ratings over each and every page I read.
Tag: Pan Macmillan
Review: The Cat Who Saved Books by Sosuke Natsukawa
This was a bit of a mixed bag for me - I was expecting more cat and more books, rather than a discussion of high literature, how to read the right way and emphasising what a shut-in the main character is. Part of that I know fits with the style and genre of Japanese literature, but this just didn't rate highly for me overall.
Review: Before the Coffee gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This short novel was such a pleasure to read. It has that calm, heartfelt and emotional atmosphere that really typifies the best of this style of Japanese literature. This is a short review for a short book.
Review: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
We know the tales of The Iliad, of the thousand Greek ships that landed on the Trojan plain to wage war for ten long years because a prince of Troy had seduced the King of Mycenae's wife. But this is not a book about Helen. This is a book about all the other major women, from Trojans to Greeks, goddesses to nymphs, who were caught up in their own war as Troy fell.
Review: The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave
There were lots of things to like about this novel - it's as disconcerting as the midnight sun, shows the fear of men and the power of women and set in a fascinating period. It's a historical novel, but not quite as we know it.
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