Book Review: ‘Oathbringer’ by Brandon Sanderson
Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson was a behemoth. My edition was an eye-watering 1,400-page sweltering hunk of 1s and 0s (it was an epub version, that is to say). After finishing…
Book Review: ‘Paprika’ by Yasutaka Tsutsui
A Few Signs of Age In some ways, Yasutaka Tsutsui’s surreal Paprika is fresh and outstanding (though written two and a half decades ago), but in other ways, it does…
Book Review: ‘Inherent Vice’ by Thomas Pynchon
Better Luck This Time: My first encounter with Thomas Pynchon did not end so well. It was with a copy of the chunk, intimidating Against the Day. I quit before…
Book Review: ‘The Box Man’ by Kobo Abe
Icky All Over: The Box Man by Kobo Abe is a greasy, uncomfortable experience. As the narrator tells of his life as a box man, there is a constant anxiety…
Book Review: ‘Authority’ by Jeff Vandermeer
Narrowing the Aperture: Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation was a carefully crafted experience of horror. The second book in ‘The Southern Reach’ trilogy, Authority, while still heavily psychological, takes a different approach.…