3.5 stars rounded up because I didn't guess the ending ;-)
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Amber Dickson reviewed Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
Review of 'Into the Water' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Amber Dickson rated The Hate Race: 4 stars
Amber Dickson reviewed A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Set in mid-1970s India, A Fine Balance is a subtle and compelling narrative about four …
Review of 'A Fine Balance' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
I first read this book 17 years ago, just before my first trip to India, hoping to get some insight into the the country. Nothing would really prepare me for that place, but it was a powerful book to read, and will remain one of my favourites.
I re-read it on my third visit. My memory is pretty bad, so I didn't remember much of the plot before I started to re-read it, but it came back to me slowly with each memorable line. The writing is fantastic. However I had completely forgotten how funny but also horrendously depressing it was. (And with that ending, I really have no idea why it's still a "favourite".)
295 pages ; 21 cm
Review of 'The Last Painting of Sara de Vos' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Probably more like 3.5 stars for me as the characters left me cold, but rounding up for the beautiful imagery.
Amber Dickson rated In the Quiet: 2 stars
Amber Dickson rated The Wishing Spell (The Land of Stories): 3 stars
Amber Dickson rated House of Stone: 4 stars
Amber Dickson rated 1,000-Year-Old Boy: 5 stars
Amber Dickson rated The Murder of Roger Ackroyd: 3 stars
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Belgian Inspector Hercule Poirot has retired to the countryside in the small English village of King's Abbot. Dr. Sheppard, observing …
Amber Dickson reviewed Minecraft: The Island by Max Brooks
An official tie-in to the globally popular video game traces the story of a new …
Review of 'Minecraft: The Island' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Surprisingly okay.
Amber Dickson rated The heart's invisible furies: 3 stars
The heart's invisible furies by John Boyne
Adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple who remind him that he is not a real member of their …
