RaveReadings (AU)This character-driven novel sets out to show how micro-aggressions cause fractures, and abuses of power have repercussions. Reid uses the stories of these women to showcase how money – whether you have it or not – corrupts society and hides truths. Along the way, Reid will make you laugh aloud, she will ensure you reflect on your own path, and she will make sure that you remember that it is not money that lasts, but rather your own self-belief.
Zadie Smith
RaveReadings (AU)It is not an easy read, but stay with it because Smith has done something unusual here and the result is an original portrait of the past and present and how it all becomes unified ... A novel of our times, with stories within stories, and facts that appear only when we are prepared to appreciate the narrator and the narrative.
Salman Rushdie
RaveReadings (AU)The themes of this novel are fantastical, yet it is also clearly a story about how power is oh so fleeting, but stories – good stories, kind stories – remain with us ... This novel is for all that understand that mythology is the perfect means of illustrating creation. This novel will be (eagerly) read by Rushdie’s fans, but it is also for those readers that want to take time out from their daily life and to head to a timeless space where anything is possible.
Elizabeth Strout
RaveReadings (AU)You can start here, if you like, with Lucy by the Sea. The novel neatly sits by itself. However, if, like me, you have read all of Strout’s novels before, then reading this will feel like being welcomed home ... You could say that this novel is about dealing with many layers of grief; but you could also say that this novel is filled with hope and eventual acceptance ... Reading this novel was painful at times. By that, I mean it reminded me how horrible and frightening these last few years have been ... This is Strout’s most contemporary novel. It is beautifully written, filled with sharp and simple descriptions.
