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361 reviews

Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey Into the Wisdom of what Lies Beneath Us by Manchán Magan

Did not finish book. Stopped at 66%.

It’s a bit too much information to take in, and despite being about folklore and the landscape - two things that are right up my street - it’s surprisingly light on narrative/storytelling. I found it a bit dry

Conspiracyland: Trolls, True Believers and the New Information War by Marianna Spring, Marianna Spring

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adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

Excellent and non—judgemental book about conspiracy theories: why people get into them, how they spread, how they’re used by governments, and how they can be stopped.

Content Warnings

raw content by Naomi Booth

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challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

A brilliant, absorbing horror-tinged exploration of early motherhood’s impact on the mental health of the main character, Grace, who has accidentally found herself pregnant with her sort-of boyfriend, Ryan.

There was a strong tinge of realism in this, but it also draws strongly on the bleak Yorkshire landscape, and on the feeling of desolation in its moorland and abandoned industrial buildings.

Yet another great read from the incomparable Naomi Booth.

Spent Light by Lara Pawson

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Did not finish book. Stopped at 15%.

Not really my sort of thing

Shadowlands: A Journey Through Lost Britain by Matthew Green

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Did not finish book.

A bit slower and less interesting than I’d hoped

Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead

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