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Book review: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland

Book review: The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland

I put a call out a week or so ago on my Facebook page, asking people about books they’ve loved this year. I explained I was starting to plan my ‘favourite novels of 2018’ post and wanted to check if I’d missed out on something I REALLY should have read. I used The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart as an example. It wasn’t a book I requested for review but I’d read nothing but AMAZING things about it.

Of course, people said the same about Gone Girl and Big Little Lies and (for me) both of those turned out to be somewhat anti-climactic so it was with some trepidation I borrowed Lost Flowers from a friend.

But… Oh. My. God. For the most part this book was amazing and I was hooked from the beginning.

four-half-stars

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Book review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

Book review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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I adored this book. I mean LOVE loved it. I adored Eleanor in all of her weirdness. She’s amazingly written and the prose (ie. her voice) – through her thoughts and dialogue are mind-blowingly good. This was a rare occasion on which I both did and did not want a book to end.

Gail Honeyman won a number of awards in Scotland and the UK for this book, and they are most certainly well-deserved.

five-stars

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