Audiobook Reviews

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

30 October 2025

What happens to the meaning of life when death stops being a problem but reputation becomes everything? That’s the question humming underneath Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, a slim but idea-packed piece of near-future speculation where people can […]

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Take Men on Board!

27 October 2025

Some stories feel almost too improbable to be true. Take Men On Board is one of those. In February 1944, with Nazi-occupied Holland still under German control, five Dutch men decided to escape. Not by air or through hidden land

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Review Fantasy

Liches Get Scritches

23 October 2025

If you like the Liches Get Stitches series, this one’s a cosy, enjoyable detour set in the same universe. The spotlight shifts off Maud and onto Jenkins the cat, who clearly had a lot more going on than we ever

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Review Suspense Thriller

The Running Man

20 October 2025

Update: 2025 – This is actually a reposting of a review from May 2023. I’m reposting it because I’ve found out that it’s being made into a movie again. No Schwarzenegger this time, or 80s-style over-the-top adaptation. From the previews

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Review Historical Fiction

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

14 October 2025

I do enjoy ridiculous, weird, or comically long titles on books, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is certainly a mouthful. But behind that unwieldy name is a genuinely charming story told entirely through letters and telegrams.

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Review Fantasy

The Summoner: Echoes of the Fallen

10 October 2025

Set in a world after the end. A world where the good have already lost, the heroes are long gone, and the survivors are just trying to piece things back together. The Summoner: Echoes of the Fallen opens in that

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Review Historical Fiction

The Story Collector

5 October 2025

There’s something quietly charming about The Story Collector. It weaves together Irish folklore, small-town life, and the ache of starting over. All with just a hint of magic at the edges. Sarah, recently divorced and escaping her old life by

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Review Fiction

Ordinary Soil

30 September 2025

Ordinary Soil by Alex Woodard is a story rooted in farmland, family history, and the creeping sickness born of pesticides in the soil and past secrets. It opens with Jake, who crashes his car into the old elm tree on

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Review LitRPG

Tol-Saroth

27 September 2025

Tol-Saroth: Everybody Loves Large Chests, Volume 11 by Neven Iliev was another enjoyable outing with everyone’s favourite murderous mimic, though it did feel more like stage-setting than a full-throttle adventure. With only two books left in the series, I’d half

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Review Historical Fiction

The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits

23 September 2025

This is one of those books where the idea alone is fascinating: take odd scraps of history such as a court record, a news clipping, a rumour passed down and spin a story from it. Emma Donoghue doesn’t just retell

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Review Fiction

The Golem of Brooklyn

19 September 2025

Len Bronstein, a stoner art teacher in Brooklyn has been pilfering blocks of clay from his school for years. While high one day, he accidentally creates a nine-and-a-half-foot golem. Not just any golem either, but The Golem, straight out of

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Review Fantasy

Heretical Fishing 4

16 September 2025

Heretical Fishing 4 kicks off with a recap that’s as rambling as it is useful. This, as it turns out, sets the tone for the whole book. Almost 23 hours long, and I spent the first 18 or more chapters

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