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Review: We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

Melanie Roussel

Feb 19, 20213 min read

Review: We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver

This is a book I've put off reading for a long time. In fact, I saw the movie with Tilda Swinton before I was brave enough to read the...

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Review: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf

Melanie Roussel

Jun 19, 20203 min read

Review: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf

If you’re like me, your first experience with this story was with the 1988 Disney adaption Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

Melanie Roussel

Apr 13, 20203 min read

Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

This is a classic story combining dark fantasy, horror and coming of age.

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Review: Geek Feminist Revolution by Hurley

Melanie Roussel

Mar 11, 20202 min read

Review: Geek Feminist Revolution by Hurley

The Feminist Revolution is a collection of essays by the Sc-Fi novelist and double Hugo Award-winning Kameron Hurley.

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Review: Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Melanie Roussel

Jul 29, 20192 min read

Review: Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

Only days before a massive exhibition is due to open at the New York Museum of Natural History, there is a brutal series of murders.

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Review: Earthman's Burden by Anderson & Dickson

Melanie Roussel

Jun 28, 20192 min read

Review: Earthman's Burden by Anderson & Dickson

The protagonist Alexander Jones asks whether human influence has been a good thing for the Hokas.

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Melanie Roussel

Jun 3, 20193 min read

Good Omens - Amazon Prime (Review)

I'm going to say straight away that I absolutely adored this series. It completely lived up to my expectation and then some.

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Review: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

Melanie Roussel

May 24, 20192 min read

Review: The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett

It's not in the top ten favourites of the Discworld novels, but definitely in the top twenty.

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Melanie Roussel

May 17, 20193 min read

Review: Your Way To Health Journal

Your Way to Health is an all in one journal which helps you track your energy and mood.

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Melanie Roussel

May 6, 20192 min read

Review: Neuromancer by William Gibson

This a book you'll read because it's THE book. Neuromancer by William Gibson is a pillar of cyberpunk fiction.

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Melanie Roussel

Apr 17, 20192 min read

The Return of the Obra Dinn

The Return of the Obra Dinn - an Insurance Adventure with Minimal Colour.

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Melanie Roussel

Apr 12, 20191 min read

Book Reviews

I have a complex, vaguely troubling relationship with books. I want books. All the books. I haven’t got time to read them, but I want them.

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Melanie Roussel

Mar 18, 20192 min read

Review: 1984 by George Orwell

War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength.

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Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Melanie Roussel

Mar 11, 20192 min read

Review: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

Thursday Next is a Lit-Tech agent, who spends her time tracking literature forgers, hoping for a promotion which is unlikely to come.

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Melanie Roussel

Mar 4, 20193 min read

Review: American Gods by Neil Gaiman

I’m almost glad I waited until now. This is an incredible story, but I feel like I was ready for it now.

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Melanie Roussel

Feb 4, 20192 min read

The Orville S1 & S2 (Review)

The Orville is the most cross-genre series I've ever seen

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Melanie Roussel

Jan 28, 20192 min read

Review: Storm Front by Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher's magic system rehashes the classic ideas of Latin spell casting and potion making but done in an appealing way.

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Melanie Roussel

Jan 14, 20194 min read

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Review)

If you ever wondered what a Black Mirror episode would look like if it threw all caution to the wind and went full-blown meta?

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The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House

Melanie Roussel

Oct 1, 20184 min read

The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House

It is repulsive, but it's also beautifully written, engaging and well worth the read.

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Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

Melanie Roussel

Sep 21, 20182 min read

Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher

True it is, that these are not the droids for which thou search’st.

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