Reviews

Member reviews

• Jane Eyre reviewed by @plainjaneausten

  9/ 109 out of 10

  people assume I'm named for Austen but mum swears it was this one, which explains a LOT about my childhood. the red room!! and St John Rivers is a worse man than Rochester and nobody ever agrees with me

  Jane Eyre · @plainjaneausten · 5 Jun 2026

• Odd Thomas reviewed by @verity_lane

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Nope. Not summarising it, not describing him, not even telling you what he does for a living, because chapter one does all three and does them better than I would.

  Odd Thomas · @verity_lane · 5 Jun 2026

• Pride and Prejudice reviewed by @pageandvine

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Every couple of Januaries, with tea and the good biscuits.

  Pride and Prejudice · @pageandvine · 4 Jun 2026

• The Shining reviewed by @verity_lane

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Film and book part company early and I'm not saying where. Hedges. That's my one clue and it's already more than you deserve!

  The Shining · @verity_lane · 3 Jun 2026

• The Book Thief reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Death is the narrator and nobody warned me

  The Book Thief · @three_chapters_in · 3 Jun 2026

• Born a Crime reviewed by @bookclubdropout

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Listen, get the audiobook! He does all the voices, his mother included, and Yvonne who finishes nothing finished it in three days.

  Born a Crime · @bookclubdropout · 2 Jun 2026

• Beloved reviewed by @mx_marginalia

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  Ten. I don't give tens.

  Beloved · @mx_marginalia · 1 Jun 2026

• Kitchen Confidential reviewed by @pageandvine

  8/ 108 out of 10

  I worked one summer in a kitchen and this is exactly the noise. Read it fast, standing up, eating cold pasta out of the pan. Dated and pleased with itself in places, and still the best thing written about the back of house.

  Kitchen Confidential · @pageandvine · 31 May 2026

• A Brief History of Time reviewed by @ivor_stack

  8/ 108 out of 10

  One equation, and he kept to it.

  A Brief History of Time · @ivor_stack · 31 May 2026

• Meditations reviewed by @saltmarsh

  6/ 106 out of 10

  No weather in it.

  Meditations · @saltmarsh · 30 May 2026

• Normal People reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  9/ 109 out of 10

  no quotation marks and I somehow didn't notice at first. so far it is just two people completely unable to say one true thing to each other and I want to shake them, gently, one at a time

  Normal People · @three_chapters_in · 30 May 2026

• The Hobbit reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  8/ 108 out of 10

  cosy!! I'm at Mirkwood. the spiders. I keep meaning to carry on and then I don't, but I'm not worried about it, this is a book that will wait for me

  The Hobbit · @three_chapters_in · 30 May 2026

• The Remains of the Day reviewed by @quietcarriage

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  Had to stop reading it in public because I could feel my face doing something. Finished it at home with the lamp on, which I never do. Stevens counting up his life in a car park at Weymouth — no.

  The Remains of the Day · @quietcarriage · 30 May 2026

• Educated reviewed by @margaretreads

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Priya's mother rang me about this one, which had not happened in thirty-one years. Finished it in three evenings. The scrapyard chapters I could barely stand; the Cambridge ones I understood completely, and that's what unsettled me.

  Educated · @margaretreads · 30 May 2026

• Maus reviewed by @w_okonkwo

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Everyone talks about the mice. It's really about a son who can't stand his father, taping him anyway, in the same room.

  Maus · @w_okonkwo · 30 May 2026

• Sapiens reviewed by @books_and_bins

  4/ 104 out of 10

  Big claims, thin evidence, and awful pleased with himself about it. Gie it a bye.

  Sapiens · @books_and_bins · 30 May 2026

• Uprooted reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  7/ 107 out of 10

  the Wood is genuinely frightening and I love Agnieszka, but I've stalled hard at the court bit? everyone says push through. I have three other things open right now so, realistically, no.

  Uprooted · @three_chapters_in · 29 May 2026

• Gilead reviewed by @mossandink

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  The best of them.

  Gilead · @mossandink · 29 May 2026

• Der Große Gatsby / The Great Gatsby reviewed by @sam

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Short. Good. Didn't expect the shirts.

  Der Große Gatsby / The Great Gatsby · @sam · 28 May 2026

• Piranesi reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  There's a house in my head now and I'm not leaving it.

  Piranesi · @tinyapartmentbigtbr · 28 May 2026

• The Kiss Quotient reviewed by @pageandvine

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Exactly what it says on the tin and very well made — read in a day, on the sofa, with crisps, no shame. Michael is a fantasy and Stella isn't, which is what made it better than it had to be.

  The Kiss Quotient · @pageandvine · 28 May 2026

• Catch-22 reviewed by @commuterfiction

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Yossarian is a bombardier on an island near Italy and wants to stop flying missions. The number of missions required keeps going up. The chapters move between characters and repeat scenes from other sides.

  Catch-22 · @commuterfiction · 28 May 2026

• Letters from a Stoic reviewed by @thebigsleepy

  8/ 108 out of 10

  One letter a night, more or less, for about five months. He is repetitive and a little smug and I still looked forward to him. The one about crowds I have thought about all year.

  Letters from a Stoic · @thebigsleepy · 28 May 2026

• Killing Floor reviewed by @commuterfiction

  6/ 106 out of 10

  A man gets off a bus and is arrested.

  Killing Floor · @commuterfiction · 27 May 2026