by lauralizbuckley | 30 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
Gilead is many things to many people; terrifying, oppressive, safety, home, opportunity. In The Testaments, Margaret Attwood tells a story through three very different perspectives on the bleakly misogynistic Republic of Gilead. Agnes is a young woman raised in...
by lauralizbuckley | 16 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
The Stone Sky is the third book in N. K. Jemisin’s breathtaking Broken Earth trilogy, and while I’ll do my best to keep them to a minimum there will be some spoilers for book one (The Fifth Season) and book two (The Obelisk Gate). If you haven’t read those books...
by lauralizbuckley | 2 Nov, 2019 | Book Reviews
Doctor Jean McClellan is stunned when the decision is made: women will no longer be allowed to speak more than 100 words per day. It’s just a small part of a broader movement, of course. Women are no longer to have jobs, girls at school are no longer taught to read or...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 May, 2019 | Book Reviews
This review is spoiler free so, whether you’ve read the book or not, enjoy! Everyone knows the world is going to end. Again.Nobody expects it to happen during their lifetime.But here it is. The Fifth Season is the first of a trilogy by N. K. Jemisin, set in a...
