Category: Book reviews
Allegiant – shades of Huxley’s Island
This book is different to the other two, although it keeps the traditional first person narrative of a YA novel. We have both Tris and Tobias’s point of view, alternating between the chapters. It ca... Read MoreInsurgent by Veronica Roth
Divergent ends with Tris thinking of life beyond a faction, yet insurgent is so much more than this. She still clings to Dauntless as her faction of choice, but she also has to recognise that she is d... Read MoreNail your story
One of the beauties of this book are the examples it gives. It is through examples of popular fiction that this book comes alive – The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, The Vampire Diaries, even films lik... Read MoreWhy are hippie novels so negative?
For a counter culture that called for change and a better world it has been portrayed in fiction, as well as in reality, in a very negative light. Many concentrate on the drug aspect, (San Fran 60R... Read MoreShearwater by Derek Murphy
Derek is best known for his excellent video’s on cover design and book formatting on his website Creativeindie. This is the first in a series of books by this author and by his own admission t... Read More- 4 of 4
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