June 2015 – Gretchen Shirm

Review of Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins in the Sydney Morning Herald

I’ve long admired Kate Atkinson’s writing, since the time of her Jackson Brodie crime novels (I think I started with Case Histories). I know Life After Life was universally loved, but I actually found A God in Ruins to be a more compelling novel – I think I’m in the minority here though. You canContinue reading “Review of Kate Atkinson’s A God in Ruins in the Sydney Morning Herald”

Review of Laura van den Berg’s Find me in The Sydney Morning Herald

I was deeply impressed by Laura van den Berg’s use of language in her debut novel Find Me, and the concept for the novel was deliciously intriguing, but found that the second half of the novel misfired in terms of structure. You can read my review in the Sydney Morning Herald, here.