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• The Blade Itself reviewed by @grimdarkgareth

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Glokta's chapters are a ten and the rest is a seven, so: eight. It's all setup, nothing resolves — and I didn't mind, because the setup is people being appalling to each other in lovely weather. Logen's a liar and it's brilliant.

  The Blade Itself · @grimdarkgareth · 5 Jul 2026

• Little Fires Everywhere reviewed by @libbyoverdrive

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Fine on a train, fine at 1.5x, gone from my head by the following Tuesday. I did like the mothers. Seven.

  Little Fires Everywhere · @libbyoverdrive · 5 Jul 2026

• Wolf Hall reviewed by @theodore_p

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Worth the pronoun trouble.

  Wolf Hall · @theodore_p · 5 Jul 2026

  44 readers agree with this review

• A Promised Land reviewed by @libbyoverdrive

  5/ 105 out of 10

  Twenty-nine hours. TWENTY-NINE. I got to hour eleven, the loan ran out, and for the first time in my life I looked at the rejoin button and just closed the app. Five, and that five is mostly for the early chapters about his mum.

  A Promised Land · @libbyoverdrive · 3 Jul 2026

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reviewed by @sam

  10/ 1010 out of 10

  Perfect. Read it twice. Towel advice holds.

  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy · @sam · 3 Jul 2026

• Never Let Me Go reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr

  8/ 108 out of 10

  My sister told me the entire thing at a wedding in 2019, so I went in already knowing, and it still got me on the final page. Sorry to her and sorry to Ishiguro, she was right about all of it.

  Never Let Me Go · @tinyapartmentbigtbr · 3 Jul 2026

• Where the Wild Things Are reviewed by @dr_bramble

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Night sixty of the only book

  Where the Wild Things Are · @dr_bramble · 2 Jul 2026

• Ulysses reviewed by @dnf_diaries

  5/ 105 out of 10

  Stopped on Proteus, 14 March

  Ulysses · @dnf_diaries · 2 Jul 2026

  1010 readers agree with this review

• Pachinko reviewed by @bookclubdropout

  8/ 108 out of 10

  There was a proper silence afterwards.

  Pachinko · @bookclubdropout · 2 Jul 2026

• Piranesi reviewed by @mossandink

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Weather indoors, of all things.

  Piranesi · @mossandink · 2 Jul 2026

• Devil in a Blue Dress reviewed by @verity_lane

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Easy Rawlins is asked to find a woman. That sentence is on the back cover so I'm allowed it; everything past it, you're on your own, and it's worth being on your own for.

  Devil in a Blue Dress · @verity_lane · 2 Jul 2026

• Just Kids reviewed by @plainjaneausten

  7/ 107 out of 10

  gorgeous, and I was not always in the mood for it

  Just Kids · @plainjaneausten · 1 Jul 2026

  22 readers agree with this review

• Four Quartets reviewed by @mossandink

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Winter light, over and over.

  Four Quartets · @mossandink · 30 Jun 2026

• Hamnet reviewed by @quietcarriage

  9/ 109 out of 10

  The flea chapter. Oh, the flea chapter.

  Hamnet · @quietcarriage · 30 Jun 2026

  55 readers agree with this review

• All the Light We Cannot See reviewed by @quietcarriage

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Beautiful sentence after beautiful sentence after beautiful sentence, and the tiny chapters are ideal for a journey with a lot of stops, but by the end I was full up. Marie-Laure's model of the city, though. That I'll keep.

  All the Light We Cannot See · @quietcarriage · 30 Jun 2026

• Klara and the Sun reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Buying this in hardback was optimistic of me. Klara herself is lovely and sad and I liked watching her work things out, but the ending left me flat, and I suspect what I wanted was Never Let Me Go again, which isn't fair on it.

  Klara and the Sun · @tinyapartmentbigtbr · 29 Jun 2026

• The Remains of the Day reviewed by @margaretreads

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Have you ever watched somebody rehearse an apology they will never make? That's Stevens, the whole of him. I put it down at the pier and sat for a while. My only quarrel is with Miss Kenton's letters, which I never quite believed.

  The Remains of the Day · @margaretreads · 29 Jun 2026

• The Shining reviewed by @grimdarkgareth

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Eight. Hedge animals beat the maze, fight me!

  The Shining · @grimdarkgareth · 29 Jun 2026

• Strangers on a Train reviewed by @verity_lane

  8/ 108 out of 10

  A review containing no information whatsoever.

  Strangers on a Train · @verity_lane · 28 Jun 2026

  11 reader agrees with this review

• The Well of Ascension reviewed by @hollowknightfan99

  7/ 107 out of 10

  middle book syndrome, and I say that as someone who defends middle books. the siege is genuinely great. Vin spends most of it having a feelings crisis. we do not talk about Zane. seven, and the last stretch drags it up there by itself.

  The Well of Ascension · @hollowknightfan99 · 28 Jun 2026

• Normal People reviewed by @quietcarriage

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Everyone told me I'd love this and I didn't, quite. Is it me? Probably it's me. The stretches where they're apart work better than the ones where they're together, which I suspect isn't the intended effect. My book group has taken it personally.

  Normal People · @quietcarriage · 27 Jun 2026

• Anna Karenina reviewed by @the_slow_reader

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Everyone wants to discuss Anna. For me it belongs to Levin, and to the mowing, which I've read many times now and never once been bored of. Poor Dolly, though! Somebody should write her a book.

  Anna Karenina · @the_slow_reader · 27 Jun 2026

• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy reviewed by @commuterfiction

  7/ 107 out of 10

  A retired officer looks for a mole.

  Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy · @commuterfiction · 26 Jun 2026

• Good Omens reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  8/ 108 out of 10

  about halfway and having a lovely time?

  Good Omens · @three_chapters_in · 26 Jun 2026