Category: Unreliable Narrator
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Jo Janina lives alone in a desolate, snowy part of Poland near the Czech border. She studies astrology, over analyses everything and has a fiercely protective nature for the animals of the region. She becomes concerned when the police don’t… Continue Reading “Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead – Olga Tokarczuk”
Category: Literary fiction, Thriller, Translated, Unreliable NarratorTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-review, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, drive-your-plow, fiction
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Suzy Samantha Heather Mackey is a loner in her fiction writing class at Warren University. When she is befriended by a group of girls known as the bunnies she can’t help but be attracted to their Smut Salon clique, despite… Continue Reading “Bunny – Mona Awad”
Category: Absurdist, Horror, Literary fiction, Unreliable NarratorTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, Bunny, fiction, must-read-books, what-to-read
READ FOR NZ BOOK AWARDS Time and perspective are entangled in this novel, in which a time traveller attempts to return to the right point of his past to correct a mistake. Paul’s actions and recollections are scattered throughout the book, reported in three… Continue Reading “Entanglement – Bryan Walpert”
Category: Kiwi lit, Literary fiction, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: book-recommendations, book-recs, book-reviews, bookclub-blog, bookclub-recommendations, Books, Entanglement, fiction, must-read-books, stone-yard-devotional, what-to-read
READ FOR BOOKCLUBChosen by Rachel An investigation of an elderly woman’s mental wanderings after finding a note referring to a murder. Vesta Gul is an expected Moshfegh character: a female loner with convoluted, dangerous thoughts. She is 72, living alone in the woods after… Continue Reading “Death In Her Hands – Otessa Moshfegh”
Category: Female Experience, Mystery/Crime, Psychological, Unreliable NarratorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Death In Her Hands, Literature, Must Read Books, Unreliable Narrator
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Suzy A girl’s half-innocent mistake ruins the lives of those around her, and she spends the rest of her life attempting to atone. The mistake comes in the form of viewing her 9-year-old cousin being assaulted and making presumptions on who… Continue Reading “Atonement – Ian McEwan”
Category: Booker Prize, Family drama, Literary fiction, Psychological, UK author, Unreliable Narrator, War storyTags: Atonement, Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Ian McEwan, Literature
READ FOR BOOKCLUB Chosen by Rachel Ryder, a famous pianist, arrives in a European city to perform a concert. However, he appears to have lost most of his memory and finds his new environment surreal and dreamlike. As both hero and anti-hero, he wades… Continue Reading “The Unconsoled – Kazuo Ishiguro”
Category: Literary fiction, Magical Realism, Psychological, UK author, Unreliable NarratorTags: Best Books, Bookclub, Bookclub Blog, Books, Books To Read, Kazuo Ishiguro, Literature, Must Read Books
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