Review:I really liked Us Against You by Fredrik Backman. I have read all of F Backman's books - I really loved A Man Called Ove and Beartown.

I didn't like Us Against You as much as Beartown. I was conflicted with this book - there were chapters I really loved and other chapters I felt like I was being manipulated. I didn't like Richard Theo - he represented what is wrong with today's society. He wanted to manipulate situations to suit his needs. He liked playing people against each other.... Read more

Review:It's good, but it does take to long to get to the point. haven't read the last book yet, it seems it shouldn't even be a part. a trilogy would have been better i can already tell. Don't read if you don't want parallels to the bible or to read something with a clear conservative/ non gay/ "hate the sinner not the sin" agenda. Read more

Review:I wish I could get back the time I wasted reading this book but I kept going on and on hoping that it would turn into something interesting. Unfortunately he didn’t. I’m sorry but I did not find this book at all interesting or anything worth holding my curiosity. I thought it would be more about refugees and how they fared in foreign countries etc. but just didn’t seem to do that. Read more

Review:The book is divided into sections of different character’s narration, but instead of echoing each other and filling narrative gaps, it did the opposite. I enjoyed reading the first part of the story but couldn’t quite follow the Aneeka stories, the twin brother plot as well as the love story. The author based the story on Antigone but seemed to me too stretched out for that purpose. Also I don’t know how to take the ending. Overall I am quite disappointed. The book seemed to me more like an ove... Read more

Review:I don't understand some of Hamid's writing choices. It's a pretty straightforward narrative but then there are these magical doorways, which might be good if it was a magical book with other magical things. But it's jarring having these weird doorways coming out of nowhere. Also the author seems to sometimes go off in weird directions without any explanations (like the doors but without the magic), leaving some of the narrative a bit headscratching. I'm 3/4 of the way through and having a hard t... Read more

Review:"I don't like it when the summer goes and the autumn comes, she said.
Daniel took her by the shoulders and turned her round. He didn't say anything. But all across the landscape down behind them it was still sunlit blue and green.
She looked up at him showing her how the summer was still there.
Nobody spoke like Daniel.
Nobody didn't speak like Daniel."

"It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times." And with that nod to Dickens setting the scene, we enter the British ... Read more

Review:I knew from the first sentence that this book was going to make me feel. What I didn't know, but I knew it would be deep. I was right. This is a book for those who demand excellent writing and are not afraid to face the ups and downs of life. Read more

Review:First, some context, particularly for American readers of Fiona Mozley’s debut novel, ELMET. The book’s somewhat unusual title is taken from the ancient kingdom called Elmet by the Celts, now in west Yorkshire in the north of England. Elmet has been previously commemorated in literature, in Ted Hughes’ poetry collection, REMAINS OF ELMET, which used the primeval landscape as a backdrop for mythic scenes of nature bearing witness to men’s acts of violence.

Mozley picks up on many of these ... Read more

Review:Just let me say that this was a very enjoyable book. I will read more of Mr. Barry's works. Thomas Mcnulty and John Cole are two characters that will stay with you..."He looks like he swallowed a live rattlesnake and it's biting him from inside." Thomas Mcnulty! Read more

Review:I had high hopes for this book based on reviews but I wish I had saved my money. None of the characters or plot threads are in any way believable. The end leaves a major plot issue unresolved. simplistic writing and one dimensional characters. Maybe she'll do better next time. Read more