It took three goes to get into it, but well worth persisting. Intriguing, imaginative and intricate!
Category Archives: Book Review
It’s felt like I was reading something I already knew…. I’m pretty sure I remember the tale from when I was younger, and reading it as an adult with different eyes didn’t deter any enjoyment. A delightful story of innocence and discovery in a simpler time.
Weird, wonderful and slightly disturbing. It was like wading through thigh deep mud, trying to understand the anger and confusion… and then you hit the shallows and it finally all makes perfect sense!
You’ll laugh and cry as the wonderful characters deal with the indignities of growing older and having their decisions made my someone else, their responsibilities taken on by someone else, and their fight to remain individuals. Just heartbreakingly marvellous!
Delightful and suspenseful, with mythology, literary and 80’s band t-shirt references… What more could you possibly ask for?
This blew my mind! I didn’t read the back as he is a favourite author and wow! Beautifully written to hold with the modern and historical language nuances, it’s also page-turningly entertaining!
Easy to read, but not light and fluffy, a gorgeously told tale of living with secrets that shouldn’t be yours to keep, and the consequences.
It’s a winding, elegant and emotional journey with a really big hug at the end … and a twist 😉 “Heartwarming” just doesn’t do it justice!
Slow to kick off, then BANG! And you’re away again in the most incredible imaginative world with unerring parallel similarities and characteristics to our society. Highly recommended for all Grott Monsters!
A classic, and infuriating tale as the suspects dissemble and the Inspector never seems to get the answers he is seeking. However Ghote is dogmatic, and unrelenting, and the answers will find him, in the most roundabout of ways!