Review – RevUU

Charming Oh William! Review by Ryan Dougherty Taken at first reading, Oh William! is more like a charming painting than a novel. Here, a kitchen and over there a living room. Of course, there are people, too. And as we delve into the painting, we see that perhaps not everything is as charming as theContinue reading

Women’s Bodies and Institutions: Christmas as a Catalyst in Claire Keegan’s Small Things Like These Review by Natalie van den Berg “This story is dedicated to the women and children who suffered time in Ireland’s mother and baby homes and Magdalen laundries.” With the narration of this line from the dedication in the novella, oneContinue reading

A Night to Remember: A Review of Douglas Stuart’s Young Mungo Review by Fleur Pieren As I was looking at the stack of books piled in my bedroom window – the luxury of arranging my ever-growing collection in a Pinterest-worthy aesthetic has long been thrown out this exact window – I decided that, one, IContinue reading

He’s Not a ‘Man Written by a Woman’ – You’re Just Ignoring All of His Red Flags as Far as Coco Mellors’ Cleopatra and Frankenstein Is Concerned Review by Moe Yonezawa Coco Mellors, a woman, writes Frank, a man, who has positive and charming qualities, but is in no way a character any man shouldContinue reading

The Real Love Story in The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Review by Anna Mangnus Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s newest novel The Daughter of Doctor Moreau is a beautifully atmospheric novel that follows the coming of age of Carlota Moreau, though the driving force of the novel is Carlota’s effort to keep Yaxaktun – the hacienda where sheContinue reading

Only Two Questions at Three in the Morning: A Review of No One is Talking About This Review by José Dorenbos Last summer I bought Patricia Lockwood’s No One is Talking About This on a whim, while wandering through a bookstore on one of the hottest days of the year. I was wearing a dressContinue reading

Not Excluding People from the Picture: An Exploration of Human Kindness in Small Things Like These Review by Susi Westerveld The saying don’t judge a book by its cover doesn’t apply to me, for it is precisely the covers of books that draw me to them. This also counts for Claire Keegan’s novel Small ThingsContinue reading

A Story We’ve Heard Before: A Review of Damon Galgut’s Booker Prize-Winning The Promise Review by Kenau Bester The candles were lit. The table laid. I can still recall the smell of the tablecloth, the smell of ordained fabric only taken from the cupboard once a year. I recall the dissonant scratching of the record’sContinue reading

Flowers for Robin: A Review of Richard Powers’ Bewilderment

By Joppe Kips After his previous novel The Overstory received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019, I found myself wondering where Richard Powers might take us next. Having themed his novels around subjects such as brain disorders, the First World War, the Holocaust, and eco-activism, it was safe to say that the subject of hisContinue reading “Flowers for Robin: A Review of Richard Powers’ Bewilderment”

A Review of Michaela Coel’s Misfits: A Personal Manifesto

By Kathelijne Schoonackers Michaela Coel’s star has been rising ever since she arrived on the television scene in 2015 with Chewing Gum, a show she wrote and starred in. After this, she landed roles in Black Earth Rising and Been So Long, before writing and starring in the impactful I May Destroy You in 2020. In between winning BAFTA’s and an Emmy for Chewing Gum and I MayContinue reading “A Review of Michaela Coel’s Misfits: A Personal Manifesto”