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  • dystopia,  Review Minis,  science fiction

    Review Minis: The Library Edition

    I’ve been on a bit of a library kick lately. Every time I go back to return my books, I decide to “just have a look” to see if there’s anything in that I like the look of and then…

    October 11, 2016
  • 4 stars,  classic,  science fiction

    Review: ‘The Day of the Triffids’ by John Wyndham

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars When a freak cosmic event renders most of the Earth’s population blind, Bill Masen is one of the lucky few to retain his sight. The London he walks is crammed with groups of men…

    July 17, 2016
  • 5 stars,  favourites,  science fiction

    Review: ‘Ready Player One’ by Ernest Cline

    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars It’s the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We’re out of oil. We’ve wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes…

    March 14, 2015
  • 3.5 stars,  science fiction,  YA

    Review: ‘Echo Boy’ by Matt Haig

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsAudrey’s father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and music, philosophy and dreams. A moat that makes Audrey different…

    June 22, 2014
  • 5 stars,  aliens,  science fiction

    Review: ‘The Humans’ by Matt Haig

    Rating: 5 out of 5 stars When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a leading mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor wants…

    January 2, 2014
  • 3.5 stars,  dystopia,  science fiction

    Review: ‘The Uninvited’ by Liz Jensen

    Rating: 3.5 out of 5 starsA seven-year-old girl puts a nail-gun to her grandmother’s neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious? As chilling…

    May 12, 2013
  • 4.5 stars,  historical fiction,  science fiction,  time travel

    Review: ‘11.22.63’ by Stephen King

    Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars WHAT IF you could go back in time and change the course of history? WHAT IF the watershed moment you could change was the JFK assassination?  11/22/63, the date that Kennedy was shot –…

    January 16, 2013
  • 4 stars,  science fiction,  YA

    YA Science Fiction Review: ‘0.4’ by Mike Lancaster

    Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Synopsis courtesy of GoodReads It’s a brave new world.  ‘My name is Kyle Straker. And I don’t exist anymore.’  So begins the story of Kyle Straker, recorded on to old audio tapes. You might…

    December 8, 2012
  • 2.5 stars,  science fiction,  steampunk

    Review: ‘Infernal Devices’ by K. W. Jeter

    Rating:  2.5 out of 5 stars The Synopsis When George’s father died, he left George his watchmaker’s shop – and more.   But George has little talent for watches and other infernal devices.  When someone tries to steal an old…

    December 30, 2011
  • 4 stars,  dystopia,  fantasy,  science fiction

    Review: ‘The Knife of Never Letting Go’ by Patrick Ness

    Date finished: 11 May 2011 Rating: 4 stars Source: Bought – WH Smith Genre: Science fiction; Fantasy fiction; Dystopian fiction Published: by Walker Books in May 2008 The Synopsis (taken from Waterstones.com) Imagine you’re the only boy in a town…

    June 1, 2011
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