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• A Gentleman in Moscow reviewed by @quietcarriage

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Four journeys, one verdict.

  A Gentleman in Moscow · @quietcarriage · 25 Jun 2026

  55 readers agree with this review

• Quiet reviewed by @sam

  6/ 106 out of 10

  fine i guess

  Quiet · @sam · 24 Jun 2026

• The Hunger Games reviewed by @commuterfiction

  8/ 108 out of 10

  A girl volunteers in place of her sister.

  The Hunger Games · @commuterfiction · 24 Jun 2026

  55 readers agree with this review

• On Photography reviewed by @mx_marginalia

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Still the smartest thing anyone has written about looking at things.

  On Photography · @mx_marginalia · 24 Jun 2026

• Olive Kitteridge reviewed by @quietcarriage

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Olive is unbearable. More please.

  Olive Kitteridge · @quietcarriage · 23 Jun 2026

• Dune reviewed by @rereader

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Third go. Jessica is the protagonist.

  Dune · @rereader · 23 Jun 2026

• The Name of the Wind reviewed by @three_chapters_in

  7/ 107 out of 10

  I'm quite far in and Kvothe has been at the University for approximately nine minutes of actual plot? the prose is lovely though. Dee says book two is where it falls apart so maybe I've accidentally done the right thing by stopping.

  The Name of the Wind · @three_chapters_in · 23 Jun 2026

• My Brilliant Friend reviewed by @the_slow_reader

  8/ 108 out of 10

  I was determined not to like it.

  My Brilliant Friend · @the_slow_reader · 23 Jun 2026

• Persepolis reviewed by @libbyoverdrive

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Entirely about the narrator.

  Persepolis · @libbyoverdrive · 21 Jun 2026

  1010 readers agree with this review

• Persepolis reviewed by @margaretreads

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Shelved at 741.5

  Persepolis · @margaretreads · 21 Jun 2026

  1212 readers agree with this review

• Pride and Prejudice reviewed by @books_and_bins

  6/ 106 out of 10

  The mother's a nightmare and she's the best thing in it. Who's this Lady Catherine and why's everybody feart of her? Rest of it is folk walking about being polite at each other.

  Pride and Prejudice · @books_and_bins · 20 Jun 2026

• A Short History of Nearly Everything reviewed by @ivor_stack

  7/ 107 out of 10

  Excellent company, moderate content. I laughed twice, which is twice more than I expect from a science book.

  A Short History of Nearly Everything · @ivor_stack · 20 Jun 2026

• Meditations reviewed by @the_slow_reader

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Gregory Hays over Ramón Bach Pellicer, and I feel disloyal writing it. Lives in the kitchen. One page while the coffee comes up. Some mornings exactly right. Some mornings, is it more than a tired man telling himself to get up?

  Meditations · @the_slow_reader · 19 Jun 2026

• The Left Hand of Darkness reviewed by @tinyapartmentbigtbr

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Read the ice chapters in one go.

  The Left Hand of Darkness · @tinyapartmentbigtbr · 19 Jun 2026

• Sapiens reviewed by @mx_marginalia

  4/ 104 out of 10

  Everyone told me this was history. It's a confident essay about history, a different object entirely, and it keeps getting graded on the wrong curve.

  Sapiens · @mx_marginalia · 19 Jun 2026

• The Myth of Sisyphus reviewed by @annotatedannie

  8/ 108 out of 10

  Two essays, one of them excellent.

  The Myth of Sisyphus · @annotatedannie · 18 Jun 2026

  44 readers agree with this review

• Born a Crime reviewed by @libbyoverdrive

  8/ 108 out of 10

  He does the voices!

  Born a Crime · @libbyoverdrive · 17 Jun 2026

• Say Nothing reviewed by @commuterfiction

  9/ 109 out of 10

  A woman is taken from a flat in Belfast in 1972.

  Say Nothing · @commuterfiction · 17 Jun 2026

• Cheer Up Love reviewed by @pageandvine

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Funny about depression without letting you off, which almost nobody manages. I stayed in the bath until the water went cold and finished it in a towel on the landing. The dog chapters! I laughed and then had a sit down.

  Cheer Up Love · @pageandvine · 17 Jun 2026

• The Way of Shadows reviewed by @verity_lane

  6/ 106 out of 10

  Fine on its own; a bit thinner once you've read all three and know where it's heading, which is precisely why I won't tell you where it's heading.

  The Way of Shadows · @verity_lane · 16 Jun 2026

• The Nightingale reviewed by @plainjaneausten

  6/ 106 out of 10

  I know everyone loves this and I wanted to and I kept getting the two sisters mixed up (that's on me) (partly on the book). six

  The Nightingale · @plainjaneausten · 15 Jun 2026

• Hamnet reviewed by @bookclubdropout

  9/ 109 out of 10

  By the end Deborah had her sleeve at her eyes, and Deborah doesn't do that, she gives everything a seven. The plague chapter. Fiona wouldn't discuss it and went home early. Nine from me, nine from her too I think.

  Hamnet · @bookclubdropout · 15 Jun 2026

• Devotions reviewed by @quietcarriage

  7/ 107 out of 10

  One or two on a bad morning — some of them are the best thing that happened that day. Some are the same poem again with a different animal in it. Is that a criticism? Not sure.

  Devotions · @quietcarriage · 15 Jun 2026

• The Warmth of Other Suns reviewed by @the_slow_reader

  9/ 109 out of 10

  Three lives, six decades, and I never once wanted her to hurry. Since three years I've been looking for it in Spanish and can't find it anywhere! My mother would sit with this all winter.

  The Warmth of Other Suns · @the_slow_reader · 14 Jun 2026