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Career of Evil

Career of Evil - Robert Galbraith great..more strike and robin..just as good as the last 2..good twist, like the manipulative malingering theme..well imagined perps and side characters

Submission

Submission - Michel Houellebecq good dark satire, islam faces the ultra cynic test

The Lowland

The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri not as good as the namesake

All the Light We Cannot See

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr terrible - too much like the joke novel in How I Became a Famous Novelist by Steve Hely to take seriously. Laugh out loud ridiculous in places didnt finish it

Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China

Shark's Fin And Sichuan Pepper: A Sweet-Sour Memoir of Eating in China - Fuchsia Dunlop I particularly loved reading her story - theres no bullshit, its all about the food - she's rightly proud of her journey finding out and keen to share.. Like her style, she's great.

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour - Kate Fox Good insights buried in lots of repetition and stating the obi

Flood of Fire

Flood of Fire - Amitav Ghosh The same humour runs through it as the prev. Ibis.. In every other way as great. In some ways the best one.

You: A Novel

You: A Novel - Caroline Kepnes 4.5

Salvation of a Saint

Salvation of a Saint - Keigo Higashino, Alexander O. Smith silly twist

Gone Girl: A Novel

Gone Girl: A Novel - Gillian Flynn Clever.. Dark dark dark and very funny..now keen to read her others

We Are Water

We Are Water - Wally Lamb Pretty good.. Almost as good as undone, psychoanalytic theme, Annie Oh/Anna O

Out

Out - Natsuo Kirino, Stephen Snyder darkus menarcus

Summer House with Swimming Pool

Summer House with Swimming Pool - Herman Koch wow...am zing writing..doesn't Fuck about..dark dark

El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency

El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency - Ioan Grillo pretty good

Meet Me in Malmo

Meet Me in Malmo - Torquil MacLeod bit silly

Barracuda

Barracuda - Christos Tsiolkas 4.5