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BookTok superstar Colleen Hoover has sold 20 million novels – but does she glamourise trauma?
Her latest novel It Starts With Us is a troubling blend – and pure fan service. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged atlas corrigan, book, booktok, coho, colleen hoover, domestic abuse, domestic violence, it ends with us, it starts with us, lily bloom, novel, review, ryle kincaid, telegraph, tiktok, trauma
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A Street Shaken by Light review
A swashbuckling historical epic – by John Buchan’s grandson. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged a street shaken by light, book, historical, james buchan, novel, review, telegraph
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The Night Ship review
The fascinating true story of the Batavia’s shipwreck should make for a riveting novel. Unfortunately, this isn’t it. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged batavia, book, historical fiction, jess kidd, novel, review, shipwreck, telegraph, the night ship
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Will this novel do for Joan of Arc what Wolf Hall did for Thomas Cromwell?
Katherine J Chen’s fresh and enthralling novel Joan reimagines the servant girl who took on the English as a hardscrabble survivor. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, fiction, hilary mantel, historical, joan, joan of arc, katherine j chen, novel, review, telegraph, wolf hall
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Dark Earth review
Magic in the ghostly rubble of 6th-century London. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged ancient rome, anglo saxon, book, dark ages, dark earth, fiction, historical, history, londinium, novel, rebecca stott, review, roman, telegraph
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Agatha Christie’s secret life as a romance novelist
Hiding under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, Christie wrote stories that reflected the pain of her private life. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged agatha christie, author, book, giants bread, Mary Westmacott, murder mystery, radio, radio 4, radio play, romance, secret, telegraph
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Thrown review
This plodding pottery club novel proves Sara Cox should stick to broadcasting. Read my full Telegraph review here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged book, novel, pottery, review, sara cox, telegraph, thrown
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James McArdle: ‘Boris Johnson missed the point of Macbeth’
The actor chats the Scottish play and the BBC’s Life After Life. Read my full The i Paper interview here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged actor, adaptation, almeida theatre, bbc, book, boris johnson, drama, inews, interview, james mcardle, kate atkinson, life after life, london, macbeth, novel, play, Saoirse Ronan, shakespeare, the i paper, theatre, tv
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A Tidy Ending
Joanna Cannon’s serial killer thriller sacrifices human complexity for cheap twists. Read my full Telegraph review here
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Tagged a tidy ending, book, crime, fiction, Joanna Cannon, murder, mystery, novel, review, telegraph, thriller
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